jsdom-sandbox

jsdom ❤️ the global namespace

Features

• DOM objects such as document and window available globally
• No globals leaking between unit tests
• Always a fresh instance of the DOM

Installation

The easiest way is to install jsdom-sandbox as a devDependency, by running

npm install jsdom jsdom-sandbox --save-dev

How it works

This package is a thin wrapper around jsdom, taking care of exposing all global DOM properties during the test and cleaning up resources after the completed test.

The sandbox function takes three parameters and the first two are used to create a new jsdom instance each time the function is called:

• html, a string containing html.
• options, an object with options for customizing jsdom.
• callback, the wrapper function. This function has an optional parameter which is the actual jsdom instance.

var dom = require('jsdom-sandbox');
 
dom.sandbox('<div>foo</div>', { url: 'https://example.com/' }, function (jsdom) {
 
    // do something with the jsdom instance
    jsdom.reconfigure({ userAgent: "Mozilla/5.0" });
 
    // use global properties
    document.dispatchEvent(new Event("mouseover"));
 
    // the rest of the unit test
    // ...
});

For a complete list of options and features, please refer to the jsdom official documentation.

Examples

Runnable examples

ES5 + tape

var dom = require('jsdom-sandbox');
var test = require('tape');
 
test('foo', function (t) {
    dom.sandbox('<div id="foo">bar</div>', {}, function () {
        t.equal(document.getElementById('foo').innerHTML, 'bar');
        t.end();
    });
});
 

ES6 + tape

import dom from 'jsdom-sandbox';
import test from 'tape';
 
test('foo', (t) => {
    dom.sandbox('<div id="foo">bar</div>', {}, () => {
        t.equal(document.getElementById('foo').innerHTML, 'bar');
        t.end();
    });
});

Typescript + tape

import * as dom from "jsdom-sandbox";
import * as test from "tape";
 
test("foo", (t) => {
    dom.sandbox("<div id='foo'>bar</div>", {}, () => {
        t.equal(document.getElementById("foo").innerHTML, "bar");
        t.end();
    });
});

Please note that jsdom-sandbox ships with Typescript typings.

Licensing

This software is licensed with the MIT license.

© 2017-2018 Monounity, Erik Barke