cypress-vue-unit-test

A little helper to unit test Vue components in the open source Cypress.io E2E test runner

TLDR

What is this? This package allows you to use Cypress test runner to unit test your Vue components with zero effort.
How is this different from vue-test-utils? It is similar in functionality BUT runs the component in the real browser with full power of Cypress E2E test runner: live GUI, full API, screen recording, CI support, cross-platform.

Install

Vue CLI 3

Use

Options
Global Vue Extensions
The Intro Example
The List Example
Handling User Input
Component Example
Spying Example
XHR Spying and Stubbing
Spying On window.alert
Tests for a component that uses Vuex data store
Tests for a component that uses vue-router
translated-message-spec.js shows how to test TranslatedMessage.vue component that uses Vue-i18n

Bundling

Short Way
Manual

Install

Requires Node version 6 or above and Cypress (peer dependency)

npm install --save-dev cypress cypress-vue-unit-test

Vue CLI 3

Create a new project with vue create <project-name> and select Cypress for E2E testing OR add the Cypress plugin to an existing Vue project with vue add @vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress
Install this package with npm install --save-dev cypress-vue-unit-test
Enable the import of Vue files by uncommenting the "webpack import" and the "file:processor event" lines in tests/e2e/plugins/index.js. The file should then look like this:

// tests/e2e/plugins/index.js

// webpack import
const webpack = require('@cypress/webpack-preprocessor')

module.exports = (on, config) => {
  // file:processor event
  on(
    'file:preprocessor',
    webpack({
      webpackOptions: require('@vue/cli-service/webpack.config'),
      watchOptions: {}
    })
  )

  return Object.assign({}, config, {
    fixturesFolder: 'tests/e2e/fixtures',
    integrationFolder: 'tests/e2e/specs',
    screenshotsFolder: 'tests/e2e/screenshots',
    videosFolder: 'tests/e2e/videos',
    supportFile: 'tests/e2e/support/index.js'
  })
}

Use

Before each test, inject your component to test

const mountVue = require('cypress-vue-unit-test')
describe('My Vue', () => {
  beforeEach(mountVue(/* my Vue code */, /* options */))
  it('renders', () => {
    // Any Cypress command
    // Cypress.vue is the mounted component reference
  })
})

See examples below for details.

Options

See cypress/integration/options-spec.js for examples of options.

mountId - specify root Vue app mount element ID. Defaults to app.

const options = {
  mountId: 'rootApp'  // div#rootApp
}
beforeEach(mountVue(/* my Vue code */, options))

base - specify <base href=...> path. Useful to get static assets work, but might prevent relative HTTP references from working (like path to Vue.js from ../../node_modules/vue/dist/vue.js for example)

const options = {
  base: '/'
}
beforeEach(mountVue(/* my Vue code */, options))

html - custom test HTML to inject instead of default one. Good place to load additional libraries, polyfills and styles.

const polyfill = '../node_modules/mypolyfill/dist/polyfill.js'
const options = {
  html: `<div id="app"></div><script src="${polyfill}"></script>`
}
beforeEach(mountVue(/* my Vue code */, options))

vue [DEPRECATED] - path or URL to the Vue library to load. By default, will try to load ../node_modules/vue/dist/vue.js, but you can pass your own path or URL.

const options = {
  vue: 'https://unpkg.com/vue'
}
beforeEach(mountVue(/* my Vue code */, options))

Deprecation Warning

vue option has been deprecated. node_modules/vue/dist/vue is always used.

Global Vue extensions

You can pass extensions (global components, mixins, modules to use) when mounting Vue component. Use { extensions: { ... }} object inside the options.

components - object of 'id' and components to register globally.

// two different components, each gets "numbers" list
// into its property "messages"
const template = `
  <div>
    <message-list :messages="numbers"/>
    <a-list :messages="numbers"/>
  </div>
`
// our top level data
const data = () => ({ numbers: ['uno', 'dos'] })
// register same component globally under different names
const components = {
  'message-list': MessageList,
  'a-list': MessageList
}
// extend Vue with global components
const extensions = {
  components
}
beforeEach(mountVue({ template, data }, { extensions }))

See Vue component docs, global-components-spec.js

use (alias plugins) - list of plugins

const use = [MyPlugin]
// extend Vue with plugins
const extensions = {
  use
}
beforeEach(mountVue({}, { extensions }))

See Vue plugin docs and plugin-spec.js

mixin (alias mixins) - list of global mixins

const MyMixin = {
  // we have to use original Sinon to create a spy
  // because we are outside a test function
  // and cannot use "cy.spy"
  created: Cypress.sinon.spy()
}
const mixin = [MyMixin]
// extend Vue with mixins
const extensions = {
  mixin
}
beforeEach(mountVue({}, { extensions }))

it('calls mixin "created" method', () => {
  expect(MyMixin.created).to.have.been.calledOnce
})

See Vue global mixin docs and mixin-spec.js

filters - hash of global filters

const filters = {
  reverse: s => s.split().reverse().join()
}
// extend Vue with global filters
const extensions = {
  filters
}
beforeEach(mountVue({}, { extensions }))

See Vue global filters docs and filters-spec.js

The intro example

Take a look at the first Vue v2 example: Declarative Rendering. The code is pretty simple

<div id="app">
  {{ message }}
</div>

var app = new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  data: {
    message: 'Hello Vue!'
  }
})

It shows the message when running in the browser

Hello Vue!

Let's test it in Cypress.io (for the current version see cypress/integration/spec.js).

const mountVue = require('cypress-vue-unit-test')

/* eslint-env mocha */
describe('Declarative rendering', () => {
  // Vue code from https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/#Declarative-Rendering
  const template = `
    <div id="app">
      {{ message }}
    </div>
  `

  const data = {
    message: 'Hello Vue!'
  }

  // that's all you need to do
  beforeEach(mountVue({ template, data }))

  it('shows hello', () => {
    cy.contains('Hello Vue!')
  })

  it('changes message if data changes', () => {
    // mounted Vue instance is available under Cypress.vue
    Cypress.vue.message = 'Vue rocks!'
    cy.contains('Vue rocks!')
  })
})

Fire up Cypress test runner and have real browser (Electron, Chrome) load Vue and mount your test code and be able to interact with the instance through the reference Cypress.vue.$data and via GUI. The full power of the Cypress API is available.

The list example

There is a list example next in the Vue docs.

<div id="app-4">
  <ol>
    <li v-for="todo in todos">
      {{ todo.text }}
    </li>
  </ol>
</div>

var app4 = new Vue({
  el: '#app-4',
  data: {
    todos: [
      { text: 'Learn JavaScript' },
      { text: 'Learn Vue' },
      { text: 'Build something awesome' }
    ]
  }
})

Let's test it. Simple.

const mountVue = require('cypress-vue-unit-test')

/* eslint-env mocha */
describe('Declarative rendering', () => {
  // List example from https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/#Declarative-Rendering
  const template = `
    <ol>
      <li v-for="todo in todos">
        {{ todo.text }}
      </li>
    </ol>
  `

  const data = {
    todos: [
      { text: 'Learn JavaScript' },
      { text: 'Learn Vue' },
      { text: 'Build something awesome' }
    ]
  }

  beforeEach(mountVue({ template, data }))

  it('shows 3 items', () => {
    cy.get('li').should('have.length', 3)
  })

  it('can add an item', () => {
    Cypress.vue.todos.push({ text: 'Test using Cypress' })
    cy.get('li').should('have.length', 4)
  })
})

Handling User Input

The next section in the Vue docs starts with reverse message example.

<div id="app-5">
  <p>{{ message }}</p>
  <button v-on:click="reverseMessage">Reverse Message</button>
</div>

var app5 = new Vue({
  el: '#app-5',
  data: {
    message: 'Hello Vue.js!'
  },
  methods: {
    reverseMessage: function () {
      this.message = this.message.split('').reverse().join('')
    }
  }
})

We can write the test the same way

const mountVue = require('cypress-vue-unit-test')

/* eslint-env mocha */
describe('Handling User Input', () => {
  // Example from https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/#Handling-User-Input
  const template = `
    <div>
      <p>{{ message }}</p>
      <button v-on:click="reverseMessage">Reverse Message</button>
    </div>
  `

  const data = {
    message: 'Hello Vue.js!'
  }

  const methods = {
    reverseMessage: function () {
      this.message = this.message.split('').reverse().join('')
    }
  }

  beforeEach(mountVue({ template, data, methods }))

  it('reverses text', () => {
    cy.contains('Hello Vue')
    cy.get('button').click()
    cy.contains('!sj.euV olleH')
  })
})

Take a look at the video of the test. When you hover over the CLICK step the test runner is showing before and after DOM snapshots. Not only that, the application is fully functioning, you can interact with the application because it is really running!

Component example

Let us test a complex example. Let us test a single file Vue component. Here is the Hello.vue file

<template>
  <p>{{ greeting }} World!</p>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  data () {
    return {
      greeting: 'Hello'
    }
  }
}
</script>

<style scoped>
p {
  font-size: 2em;
  text-align: center;
}
</style>

note to learn how to load Vue component files in Cypress, see Bundling section.

Do you want to interact with the component? Go ahead! Do you want to have multiple components? No problem!

import Hello from '../../components/Hello.vue'
const mountVue = require('cypress-vue-unit-test')
describe('Several components', () => {
  const template = `
    <div>
      <hello></hello>
      <hello></hello>
      <hello></hello>
    </div>
  `
  const components = {
    hello: Hello
  }
  beforeEach(mountVue({ template, components }))

  it('greets the world 3 times', () => {
    cy.get('p').should('have.length', 3)
  })
})

Spying example

Button counter component is used in several Vue doc examples

<template>
  <button v-on:click="incrementCounter">{{ counter }}</button>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    data () {
      return {
        counter: 0
      }
    },

    methods: {
      incrementCounter: function () {
        this.counter += 1
        this.$emit('increment')
      }
    }
  }
</script>

<style scoped>
button {
  margin: 5px 10px;
  padding: 5px 10px;
  border-radius: 3px;
}
</style>

Let us test it - how do we ensure the event is emitted when the button is clicked? Simple - let us spy on the event, spying and stubbing is built into Cypress

import ButtonCounter from '../../components/ButtonCounter.vue'
const mountVue = require('cypress-vue-unit-test')

/* eslint-env mocha */
describe('ButtonCounter', () => {
  beforeEach(mountVue(ButtonCounter))

  it('starts with zero', () => {
    cy.contains('button', '0')
  })

  it('increments the counter on click', () => {
    cy.get('button').click().click().click().contains('3')
  })

  it('emits "increment" event on click', () => {
    const spy = cy.spy()
    Cypress.vue.$on('increment', spy)
    cy.get('button').click().click().then(() => {
      expect(spy).to.be.calledTwice
    })
  })
})

The component is really updating the counter in response to the click and is emitting an event.

XHR spying and stubbing

The mount function automatically wraps XMLHttpRequest giving you an ability to intercept XHR requests your component might do. For full documentation see Network Requests. In this repo see components/AjaxList.vue and the corresponding tests cypress/integration/ajax-list-spec.js.

// component use axios to get list of users
created() {
  axios.get(`http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users?_limit=3`)
  .then(response => {
    // JSON responses are automatically parsed.
    this.users = response.data
  })
}
// test can observe, return mock data, delay and a lot more
beforeEach(mountVue(AjaxList))
it('can inspect real data in XHR', () => {
  cy.server()
  cy.route('/users?_limit=3').as('users')
  cy.wait('@users').its('response.body').should('have.length', 3)
})
it('can display mock XHR response', () => {
  cy.server()
  const users = [{id: 1, name: 'foo'}]
  cy.route('GET', '/users?_limit=3', users).as('users')
  cy.get('li').should('have.length', 1)
    .first().contains('foo')
})

Spying on `window.alert`

Calls to window.alert are automatically recorded, but do not show up. Instead you can spy on them, see AlertMessage.vue and its test cypress/integration/alert-spec.js

Bundling

How do we load this Vue file into the testing code? Using webpack preprocessor. Note that this module ships with @cypress/webpack-preprocessor 2.x that requires Webpack 4.x. If you have Webpack 3.x please add @cypress/webpack-preprocessor v1.x.

Short way

Your project probably already has webpack.config.js setup to transpile .vue files. To load these files in the Cypress tests, grab the webpack processor included in this module, and load it from the cypress/plugins/index.js file.

const {
  onFilePreprocessor
} = require('cypress-vue-unit-test/preprocessor/webpack')
module.exports = on => {
  on('file:preprocessor', onFilePreprocessor('../path/to/webpack.config'))
}

Cypress should be able to import .vue files in the tests

Manual

Using @cypress/webpack-preprocessor and vue-loader. You can use cypress/plugins/index.js to load .vue files using vue-loader.

// cypress/plugins/index.js
const webpack = require('@cypress/webpack-preprocessor')
const webpackOptions = {
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.vue$/,
        loader: 'vue-loader'
      }
    ]
  }
}

const options = {
  // send in the options from your webpack.config.js, so it works the same
  // as your app's code
  webpackOptions,
  watchOptions: {}
}

module.exports = on => {
  on('file:preprocessor', webpack(options))
}

Install dev dependencies

npm i -D @cypress/webpack-preprocessor \
  vue-loader vue-template-compiler css-loader

And write a test

import Hello from '../../components/Hello.vue'
const mountVue = require('cypress-vue-unit-test')

/* eslint-env mocha */
describe('Hello.vue', () => {
  beforeEach(mountVue(Hello))

  it('shows hello', () => {
    cy.contains('Hello World!')
  })
})

Development

To see all local tests, install dependencies and open Cypress in GUI mode

npm install
npm run cy:open

FAQ

If your component's static assets are not loading, you probably need to start and proxy Webpack dev server. See issue #4

Related info

Test adapters for other frameworks

Contributors

Small print

License: MIT - do anything with the code, but don't blame me if it does not work.

Support: if you find any problems with this module, email / tweet / open issue on Github

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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@prepair/cypress-vue-unit-test

cypress-vue-unit-test

TLDR

Table of Contents

Install

Vue CLI 3

Use

Options

Deprecation Warning

Global Vue extensions

The intro example

The list example

Handling User Input

Component example

Spying example

XHR spying and stubbing

Spying on `window.alert`

Bundling

Short way

Manual

Development

FAQ

Related info

Test adapters for other frameworks

Contributors

Small print

MIT License

Readme

Keywords

Package Sidebar

Install

Repository

Homepage

Weekly Downloads

Version

License

Unpacked Size

Total Files

Last publish

Collaborators

@prepair/cypress-vue-unit-test

cypress-vue-unit-test

TLDR

Table of Contents

Install

Vue CLI 3

Use

Options

Deprecation Warning

Global Vue extensions

The intro example

The list example

Handling User Input

Component example

Spying example

XHR spying and stubbing

Spying on window.alert

Bundling

Short way

Manual

Development

FAQ

Related info

Test adapters for other frameworks

Contributors

Small print

MIT License

Readme

Keywords

Package Sidebar

Install

Repository

Homepage

DownloadsWeekly Downloads

Version

License

Unpacked Size

Total Files

Last publish

Collaborators

Spying on `window.alert`

Weekly Downloads