How do I stub node.js built-in fs during testing?

Question

I want to stub node.js built-ins like fs so that I don\'t actually make any system level file calls. The only thing I can think to do is to pass in fs

Answer 1

Here's a version that works with the fs.promises api:

const fsMock = sinon.mock(fs.promises);
fsMock.expects('readFile').withArgs('test.json').returns(Promise.resolve(Buffer.from('{}')));

const val = await fs.promises.readFile('test.json');

expect(val.toString()).toEqual('{}');
fsMock.verify();