How to mock axios.create([config]) function to return its instance methods instead of overriding them with mock?

Question

I\'m trying to mock axios.create() because I\'m using its instance across the app and obviously need all of its implementation which is destroyed by the mock, thus

Answer 1

You can use jest's genMockFromModule. It will generate jest.fn() for each of the modules's methods and you'll be able to use .mockReturnThis() on create to return the same instance.

example:

./src/__mocks__/axios.js

const axios = jest.genMockFromModule('axios');

axios.create.mockReturnThis();

export default axios;

working example

Answer 2

Ended up sticking with the axios mock and just pointing to that mock by assigning the axiosInstance pointer to created axios mock. Basically as @jonrsharpe suggested

Briefly:

import * as m from 'route';
jest.mock('axios', () => {
        return {
            create: jest.fn(),
            get: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
        };
    }
);
m.axInstance = axios

Would be very nice though if I could have gone without it.