Make call to kinvey from angular test? - angularjs

Question

I need to create a user in kinvey and assert that the user has been added, all within an angular test. I am using the karma test runner. All my of tests are timing out, and none of the code inside the kinvey promise blocks is being executed. How can I go about writing these tests? Test code is below:
describe("Kinvey: Users", function() {
var key,
secret;
beforeEach(function(){
key = '...',
secret = '...'
});
it("should create a user", function(done){
var App = angular.module('App', ['kinvey']);
App.run(['$kinvey', function($kinvey) {
$kinvey.init({
appKey: key,
masterSecret: secret
});
var promise = $kinvey.DataStore.save('users', {
username : 'gertrude#test.com'
});
promise().then(function(success){
var query = new $kinvey.Query();
query.equalTo('username', 'gertrude');
var queryPromise = $kinvey.DataStore.find('users', query);
return queryPromise().then(
function(response){
console.log("response");
expect(response.username).to.equal("gertrude#test.com");
var destroyPromise = $kinvey.DataStore.destroy('users', response.id);
return destroyPromise().then(function(success){
return done();
}, function(error){
return done();
})
}, function(error){
return null;
})
}, function(error){
return null;
});
}]);
});

Answer 1

You are missing a few things:
You are missing a call to angular.bootstrap(), so the run block is never executed.
The $kinvey.init() method is asynchronous. So, before calling $kinvey.DataStore.save() (or any other $kinvey.* method for that matter), make sure the init method finishes.
It seems you are creating users by using $kinvey.DataStore.save() to the users collection. It is highly recommended that you use $kinvey.User.signup() instead.
The best way to go forward is to move things to the before hook:
before(function(done) {
this.App = angular.module('App', ['kinvey']);
this.App.run(['$kinvey', function($kinvey) {
$kinvey.init({
appKey : 'App Key',
appSecret : 'App Secret'
}).then(function() {
done();
}, function(error) {
done(new Error(error.description));
});
}]);
angular.bootstrap(document, ['kinvey']);
});
Now, in your test (it method), you can obtain a reference to $kinvey by doing:
var $injector = angular.injector(['ng', 'kinvey']);
$injector.invoke(function($kinvey) {
// Do your tests with $kinvey.
});
Test away! I put a JSFiddle here.
Disclaimer: I am the author of the library.