Why do I receive error ... unexpected request: GET /internalapi/quotes - angularjs

Question

I've defined the following service in my angular app :
services.factory('MyService', ['Restangular', function (Restangular) {
return {
events : { loading : true },
retrieveQuotes : function() {
return Restangular.all('quotes').getList().then(function() {
return { hello: 'World' };
});
}
};
}]);
and I'm writing the following spec to test it :
describe("MyService", function () {
beforeEach(module('MyApp'));
beforeEach(module("restangular"));
var $httpBackend, Restangular, ms;
beforeEach(inject(function (_$httpBackend_, _Restangular_, MyService) {
ms = MyService;
$httpBackend = _$httpBackend_;
Restangular = _Restangular_;
}));
it("retrieveQuotes should be defined", function () {
expect(ms.retrieveQuotes).toBeDefined();
});
it("retrieveQuotes should return array of quotes", function () {
$httpBackend.whenGET("internalapi/quotes").respond({ hello: 'World' });
ms.retrieveQuotes();
$httpBackend.flush();
});
});
Whenever I run the tests, the first test passes but the second test produces the error :
Error: Unexpected request: GET /internalapi/quotes
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT:
It turned out I'd configured Restangular like so ... RestangularProvider.setBaseUrl("/internalapi");. But I was faking calls to internalapi/quotes. Notice the lack of the "/". Once I added the slash /internalapi/quotes all was good :)

Answer 1

You need to tell $httpBackend to expect a GET request.
describe("MyService", function () {
beforeEach(module('MyApp'));
beforeEach(module("restangular"));
var Restangular, ms;
beforeEach(inject(function (_Restangular_, MyService) {
ms = MyService;
Restangular = _Restangular_;
}));
it("retrieveQuotes should be defined", function () {
expect(ms.retrieveQuotes).toBeDefined();
});
it("retrieveQuotes should return array of quotes", inject(function ($httpBackend) {
$httpBackend.whenGET("internalapi/quotes").respond({ hello: 'World' });
//expect a get request to "internalapi/quotes"
$httpBackend.expectGET("internalapi/quotes");
ms.retrieveQuotes();
$httpBackend.flush();
}));
});
Alternatively you can put your respond() on your expectGET(). I prefer to put my whenGET() statements in a beforeEach() that way I do not have to define the response within every test.
//expect a get request to "internalapi/quotes"
$httpBackend.expectGET("internalapi/quotes").respond({ hello: 'World' });
ms.retrieveQuotes();
$httpBackend.flush();

Answer 2

I had the same problem as you guys. My solution was to add a '/' at the start of the URL-parameter of the .expectGET. Using your example:
$httpBackend.expectGET("/internalapi/quotes").respond({ hello: 'world'})
Best of luck