Jest Loose Matcher

Loosely matches any value

Install

npm install --save-dev jest-loose-matcher

How to use

Import any comparator from jest-loose-matcher and use it in combination with toLooselyEqual method:

const { anything, between, approximately } = require('jest-loose-matcher');
 
it('Works with plain values', () => {
  expect(1).toLooselyEqual(anything());
  expect(0.12).toLooselyEqual(between(0, 1));
  expect(4.15).toLooselyEqual(approximately(4, 0.2));
});

You can also match deep nested objects and arrays:

const { oneOf, atLeast, atMost } = require('jest-loose-matcher');
 
it('Works with nested objects or arrays', () => {
  expect({
    foo: 3,
    bar: 15,
    baz: {
      qux: 82,
    },
    spam: false,
  }).toLooselyEqual({
    foo: oneOf(1, 3, 5, 7, 9),
    bar: atLeast(10),
    baz: {
      qux: atMost(100)
    },
    spam: false,
  });
});

Default comparators

List of default comparators:

1. anything. Eg.: anything().
2. approximately. Eg.: approximately(new Date('2014-03-11T16:41:32.217Z'), 3 * 60 * 60 * 1000).
3. atLeast. Eg.: atLeast(50).
4. atMost atMost(100).
5. between. Eg.: between(0, 1).
6. oneOf. Eg.: oneOf('a', 'b', 'c')

Custom comparators

A comparator is any object that has the method compare which receives a value as the first parameter and returns an object with the keys pass (boolean) and message (function that returns a message). Eg.:

const isEven = {
  compare(value) {
    if (value % 2 === 0) {
      return { pass: true, message: () => '' };
    }
    return { pass: false, message: () => `${value} is not even` };
  },
};

If you want to provide arguments to your comparator, just turn it into a function that returns an object with the method compare:

function matches(regex) {
  return {
    compare(value) {
      if (typeof value !== 'string') {
        return { pass: false, message: () => `could not match ${value} since it is not a string` };  
      } else if (!regex.test(value)) {
        return { pass: false, message: () => `${value} does not match ${regex}` };
      }
 
      return { pass: true, message: () => '' };
    },
  };
}

Then you can use it in your loose matchers:

const { isEven, matches } = require('./custom-comparators');
 
it('Works with custom comparators', () => {
  expect({
    foo: 14,
    bar: ['http://site.com/abc']
  }).toLooselyEqual({
    foo: isEven,
    bar: [matches(/http:\/\/site\.com\/\w+/)],
  });
});