Mocking MediatR 3 with Moq

Question

We\'ve recently started using MediatR to allow us to de-clutter controller actions as we re-factor a large customer facing portal and convert it all to C#. As part of this we ar

Answer 1

You need to handle the await of the async operation of the Send methods as they return tasks.

/// <summary>
/// Asynchronously send a request to a single handler
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TResponse">Response type</typeparam>
/// <param name="request">Request object</param>
/// <param name="cancellationToken">Optional cancellation token</param>
/// <returns>A task that represents the send operation. The task result contains the handler response</returns>
Task<TResponse> Send<TResponse>(IRequest<TResponse> request, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));

/// <summary>
/// Asynchronously send a request to a single handler without expecting a response
/// </summary>
/// <param name="request">Request object</param>
/// <param name="cancellationToken">Optional cancellation token</param>
/// <returns>A task that represents the send operation.</returns>
Task Send(IRequest request, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default(CancellationToken));

That means you need to have the mock return a task to allow the async process to continue the flow

mediator
    .Setup(m => m.Send(It.IsAny<TransferNotificationCommand>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()))
    .ReturnsAsync(new Notification()) //<-- return Task to allow await to continue
    .Verifiable("Notification was not sent.");

//...other code removed for brevity

mediator.Verify(x => x.Send(It.IsAny<CreateIsaTransferNotificationCommand>(), It.IsAny<CancellationToken>()), Times.Once());