expect-to | Framework-agnostic assertion library based on pure functions | Assertion library
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kandi X-RAY | expect-to Summary
expect-to is an assertion library based on pure functions. It is very easy to extend with new assertions, it can be used in most JavaScript testing frameworks and it works in both Node.js and browsers. [Why another assertion library?] #why-a-new-assertion-library).
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- Throws an error if the expected error is encountered .
- Format the message as an array
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QUESTION
I am fairly new in testing javascript and try to make a test where I can catch the error thrown by the function and catch it in the test. However, after many tries, I ended up here asking about how should I catch the error object in expect. I was referring to this Q/A.
Here is my code:
...ANSWER
Answered 2021-May-08 at 23:28The problem is that, you're trying to test if an async function throws an error. Async functions are just normal functions which, internally, convert into promises. Promises do not throw, but they do reject. You have to handle their errors using .catch()
or catch() {}
in an async parent function.
A way to handle this in Chai is to use the chai-as-promised library, which is a plugin to Chai and enables handling of Promise-based checks.
Here is an example of what you should be doing:
QUESTION
I am trying to test if an async function is going to throw an Exception, but I keep getting this error:
AssertionError: expected [Function] to throw an error
I am using Mocha with Chai's Assertion library.
...ANSWER
Answered 2020-Oct-08 at 10:29expect().to.throw(Error)
will only work for sync functions. If you want a similar feature using async functions take a look at chai-as-promised
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This is a follow-up question to this question:
I don't only want to test if the function throws an error but also if the thrown error has the same Error Message. So i tried:
...ANSWER
Answered 2020-Jul-03 at 14:33Try this:
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