$httpBackend in AngularJs Jasmine unit test

Question

I\'m unable to get my unit test to work properly. I have a $scope array that starts out empty, but should be filled with an $http.get(). In the real environment, there\'d be

Answer 1

You need to place httpLocalBackend.flush() statement before expect($scope.stuff.length).toBe(2). Once you make a request you need to flush it for the data to be available in your client code.

it('should get stuff', function () {
    var url = '/api/roles';
    var httpResponse = [{ "stuffId": 1 }, { "stuffId": 2 }];
    scope.getStuff(); //Just moved this from after expectGET
    httpLocalBackend.expectGET(url).respond(200, httpResponse);
    httpLocalBackend.flush();
    expect($scope.stuff.length).toBe(2);
} );

Try this.