Requirejs-mock

About

requirejs-mock is a dependency injector for RequireJS modules. It allows you easily mock your module dependencies.

Installation

npm install requirejs-mock --save-dev

Usage example

var requirejs = require('requirejs');
var Injector = require('requirejs-mock').provide(requirejs);
 
describe('Test', function() {
  var injector;
  var mockA;
  var mockB;
 
  beforeEach(function() {
    // instantiate injector
    injector = Injector.create();
 
    // remapping to mock module (defined in separate file)
    injector.map('module/a', 'mock/a');
 
    // if you need to check smth on mockA
    mockA = injector.require('module/a');
 
    // use direct mock
    mockB = { someAction: jasmine.createSpy() };
    injector.mock('module/b', mockB);
  });
 
  // cleanup
  afterEach(function() {
    injector.destroy();
  });
 
  it('should work', function() {
    // require module C that depends on A and B
    var c = injector.require('module/c');
    c.doSmth();
 
    expect(mockB.someAction).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(mockA.someAction).toHaveBeenCalled();
  });
});

API

Instantiate injector

First of all you need to create an injector that will allow you to mock your modules dependencies.

var requirejs = require('requirejs');
 
// Get Injector and provide requirejs to it
var Injector = require('requirejs-mock').provide(requirejs);
 
beforeEach(function() {
  // instantiate injector (default context)
  var injector = Injector.create();
 
  // instantiate injector for non-default context
  var otherInjector = Injector.create({ context: 'specs' });
});

Maps

Setup maps

If you have a module mock in a separate file and just need to replace module with it - you should use module mapping.

beforeEach(function() {
  var injector = Injector.create();
 
  // remap module A to its mock
  injector.map('module/a', 'mock/a');
  injector.map('module/b', 'mock/b');
 
  // or as an object
  injector.map({
    'module/a': 'mock/a',
    'module/b': 'mock/b'
  });
 
  // load module C (that depends on A and B)
  var c = injector.require('module/c');
});

You could also provide different maps at the same time and restore original module value:

beforeEach(function() {
  var injector = Injector.create();
 
  // get original module value
  var aOrig = injector.require('module/a');
 
  // remap module/a => mock/a
  injector.map('module/a', 'mock/a');
 
  var a = injector.require('module/a');
  console.log(a === aOrig); // => false
 
  // remap module A => mock/a_one
  injector.map('module/a', 'mock/a_one');
 
  var aOne = injector.require('module/a');
  console.log(aOne === a); // => false
  console.log(aOne === aOrig); // => false
 
  // restore original module
  injector.unmap('module/a');
  console.log(
    injector.require('module/a') === aOrig
  ); // => true
});

Cleanup maps

If you need to get an original module instead of mapped mock - you could unmap the module.

// unmap single module
injector.unmap('module/a');
 
// unmap few modules at once
injector.unmap('module/a', 'module/b');
 
// unmap all modules mapped before
injector.unmap();

Notice: It's not possible to use injector.mock() and injector.map() for module at the same time.

Mocks

Setup mocks

If you do not have a prepared module mock in a separate file and want to do it in the runtime - you could use mocks. It's possible to provide any value (function, object, number, string, etc) as a result for the mocked module.

describe('Mocks', function() {
  beforeEach(function() {
    // provide a value that will be returned as a module
    injector.mock('module/a', valueA);
    injector.mock('module/b', valueB);
 
    injector.mock({
      'module/a': valueA,
      'module/b': valueB
    });
  });
 
  it('should work', function() {
    expect(injector.require('module/a')).toBe(valueA);
    expect(injector.require('module/b')).toBe(valueB);
  });
});

Notice: It's not possible to use injector.mock() and injector.map() for module at the same time. Notice: It's not possible to mock module that has been mocked before.

Cleanup mocks

If you don't need a mock anymore it's possible to remove it. Afterwards original module value will be returned if you require the module.

// Unmock single module
injector.unmock('module/a');
 
// Unmock few modules at once
injector.unmock('module/a', 'module/b');
 
// Unmock all previiously mocked modules
injector.unmock();

Undefining a module

When you require a module - RequireJS will automatically cache it with all dependencies. If you need to provide another dependency mocks you should undefine module and then get fresh copy of module.

// Assume that you have module C that depends on module A and B
// module C is required and cached
var c = injector.require('module/c');
 
// provide mocks for dependencies
injector.mock('module/a', 123);
injector.mock('module/b', 456);
 
// undefine module C to get fresh dependencies afterwards
injector.undef('module/c');
 
// get module C with mocked dependencies
c = injector.require('module/c');

Notice: During the mock setup - module cache will be removed automatically for you and mocked module value will be returned afterwards, as expected.

// get original A value
var a = injector.require('module/a');
 
// mock module A
injector.mock('module/a', 123);
injector.require('module/a'); // => 123

Destroying the injector

You should always destroy injector to cleanup after it.

afterEach(function() {
  // cleanup
  injector.destroy();
});

RequireJS versions support

requirejs-mock supports RequireJS versions starting from 2.1.12. Previous versions are not supported.

Changelog

1.0.0 - Mar. 22, 2015

First stable release that supports all planned injector features.

• [breaking] It's not possible to mock() and map() module at the same time. Previous behavior was not specified
• Added ability to remove mocks and maps used before
• Added ability to remove module from RequireJS cache

0.9.0 - Mar. 16, 2015

Initial release with basic capabilities