How can I mock a fake database for when unit testing against Knex?

Question

I\'ve been using Knex successfully to connect to a backend database. But I want to be able to unit test my code. Is there a way to mock the database connection?

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Answer 1

I'm using jest and you can do something like this:

   jest.mock('knex', () => {
        const fn = () => {
            return {
                select: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
                from: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
                where: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
                first: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
                insert: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
                raw: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
                then: jest.fn(function (done) {
                  done(null)
                })
                
            }
        }
        return fn
    })

Answer 2

I used jest to mock knex but I had to define an object that contains the method that I used. not the most elegant solution but is working

let knexMock = () => {
    const fn = () => {
        return {
            returning: function() {
                return {
                    insert: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => [123123])
                }
            },
            insert: jest.fn()
        }
    }
    fn.raw = jest.fn()
    return fn
}

knex.mockImplementation(knexMock)

Answer 3

I have been using in-memory Sqlite3 databases for automated testing with great success. It's not true unit testing however it does run much faster than MySQL or PostgreSQL. I have posted more details about this solution on a different question.

Answer 4

Using jest:

Create the file /__mocks__/knex.js in your app root:

module.exports = () => ({
  select: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
  from: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
  where: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
  first: jest.fn().mockReturnThis(),
  then: jest.fn(function (done) {
    done(null)
  })
})

Pass the desired return value to done