Spy on a service method call using jasmine Spies

Question

I have the following controller ViewMeetingCtrl.js

(function () {
    \'use strict\';
    angular.module(\'MyApp\').controller(\'ViewMeeting         


        

Answer 1

describe('ViewMeetingCtrl', function () {

    var scope, meetingService;

    beforeEach(angular.mock.module('MyApp'));

    beforeEach(inject(function ($rootScope, $controller, _meetingService_) {
        scope = $rootScope.$new();
        meetingService = _meetingService_;
        $controller('ViewMeetingCtrl', {
            $scope: scope,
            meeting : {}
        }); 
    }));

    it('should send cancel notices whan cancelMeeting is called', function() {
        var fakeHttpPromise = {
            success: function() {}
        };
        spyOn(meetingService, 'sendCancelNotices').andReturn(fakeHttpPromise);

        scope.cancelMeeting('foo', 'bar');

        expect(meetingService.sendCancelNotices).toHaveBeenCalledWith('bar', 'foo');
    });

});

I would encourage you to stop relying of HTTP promises being returned from services. Instead, just consider the service returns a promise. Those are easier to mock, and won't force you to rewrite your controller code when you don't return HTTP promises anymore.

In your controller:

    function cancelMeeting(meetingId, companyId) {
        meetingService.sendCancelNotices(companyId, meetingId)
            .then(function () {
                $state.go('company.view');
            });
    } 

In your test:

        var fakePromise = $q.when();
        spyOn(meetingService, 'sendCancelNotices')and.returnValue(fakePromise);

        scope.cancelMeeting('foo', 'bar');
        expect(meetingService.sendCancelNotices).toHaveBeenCalledWith('bar', 'foo');