how to unit test contents of a callback function with sinon.js

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callsArgWith(0, dataMock) does the trick: http://jsfiddle.net/ruslans/3UtdF/

var target,
    serviceStub,
    dataMock = [0];

module("model tests", {
    setup: function () {
        serviceStub = new service();
        sinon.stub(serviceStub);
        serviceStub.getData.callsArgWith(0, dataMock);

        target = new model(serviceStub);
    },
    teardown: function () {
        serviceStub.getData.restore();
    }
});

test("data is populated after service.getData callback", function () {
    target.init();
    equal(target.data, dataMock);
});
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Updated on June 27, 2022

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  • Ruslan
    Ruslan almost 2 years

    how does one test a code inside a callback function using sinon.js framework for mocking?

    JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/ruslans/CE5e2/

    var service = function () {
        return {
            getData: function (callback) {
                return callback([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
            }
        }
    };
    
    var model = function (svc) {
        return {
            data: [],
            init: function () {
                var self = this;
                svc.getData(function (serviceData) {
                    self.data = serviceData; // *** test this line ***
                });
            }
        }
    };
    

    I use mocha tests with chai but am familiar with qUnit, so any of these tests would be accepted.