Chai test array of objects to “contain something like” an object submatch

Question

Ok. I\'ve tried to read other questions here but still didn\'t find a straightforward answer.

How can I assert a partial object match in an array using chai? Something

Answer 1

Not sure why you dismissed chai-subset as this seems to work:

expect(data).to.be.an("array").to.containSubset([{ name: "test" }]);