Angular 6: Using Karma for Unit Testing

Karma Installation

Install Karma Client on Windows 10 an run it from Command Line

D:\dev\myTestProjects\dobby-the-companion>  npm install -g karma-cli
C:\Users\Helmut\AppData\Roaming\npm\karma -> C:\Users\Helmut\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\karma-cli\bin\karma
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D:\dev\myTestProjects\dobby-the-companion>  karma start
08 08 2018 16:03:24.227:WARN [karma]: No captured browser, open http://localhost:9876/
08 08 2018 16:03:24.232:WARN [karma]: Port 9876 in use
08 08 2018 16:03:24.233:INFO [karma]: Karma v1.7.1 server started at http://0.0.0.0:9877/

Run all Karma test

D:\dev\myTestProjects\dobby-the-companion>  ng test
 10% building modules 1/1 modules 0 active(node:25148) DeprecationWarning: Tapable.plugin is deprecated. Use new API on `.hooks` instead
10 08 2018 14:07:37.807:WARN [karma]: No captured browser, open http://localhost:9876/
10 08 2018 14:07:37.813:INFO [karma]: Karma v1.7.1 server started at http://0.0.0.0:9876/
10 08 2018 14:07:37.813:INFO [launcher]: Launching browser Chrome with unlimited concurrency
10 08 2018 14:07:37.817:INFO [launcher]: Starting browser Chrome              10 08 2018 14:07:43.581:WARN [karma]: No captured browser, open http://localhost:9876/

Missing Error Messages with Angular / Karma testing – add source-map=false parameter

D:\dev\myTestProjects\dobby-the-companion>   ng test --source-map=false
 10% building modules 1/1 modules 0 active(node:6332) DeprecationWarning: Tapable.plugin is deprecated. Use new API on `.hooks` instead
10 08 2018 14:24:47.487:WARN [karma]: No captured browser, open http://localhost:9876/
10 08 2018 14:24:47.492:INFO [karma]: Karma v1.7.1 server started at http://0.0.0.0:9876/
10 08 2018 14:24:47.492:INFO [launcher]: Launching browser Chrome with unlimited concurrency
10 08 2018 14:24:47.504:INFO [launcher]: Starting browser Chrome              10 08 2018 14:24:50.370:WARN [karma]: No captured browser, open http://localhost:9876/
10 08 2018 14:24:50.748:INFO [Chrome 67.0.3396 (Windows 10.0.0)]: Connected on socket Ml0r-gsA3JNw1F0sAAAA with id 52984303

• Missing Error Messages with Angular Testing

Run ONLY a single Karma test

Change in your IDE :   
           describe('LoginComponent', () => {
        -> fdescribe('LoginComponent', () => {   

Reference

• What should I use instead of fit and fdescribe in Jasmine 3?

Using RouterTestingModule to test Angular Router Object

Code to be tested

import {Router} from '@angular/router';

export class myComponent  {
  constructor(   private router: Router ) { }           
  triggerMessageAction(m: Message) {
   
    if (m.messageClass === 'internal') {
      this.router.navigate([m.messageLink]);
    } 
  }

Karma/Jasmine Test Code

import {RouterTestingModule} from '@angular/router/testing';
import {Router} from '@angular/router';

describe('WarningDialogComponent', () => {
  
  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      ...
      imports: [ RouterTestingModule ],     
    }).compileComponents();
  }));

  beforeEach(inject([MessagesService], (service: MessagesService) => {
   ...
  }));

  it('should close Warning Dialog after pressing on a Warning Action ', inject([MessagesService, Router],
    (service: MessagesService, router: Router) => {
      spyOn(component, 'triggerMessageAction').and.callThrough();
      spyOn(router, 'navigate').and.returnValue(true);
      expect(component.triggerMessageAction).toHaveBeenCalledWith(jasmine.objectContaining( {messageType: 'logout'}));
      expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith('login'); 
    }));
});

Potential Error

Error:  : Expected a spy, but got Function.
Usage: expect().toHaveBeenCalledWith(...arguments)

Fix: Add spyOn for the methode you want to spy
spyOn(router, 'navigate').and.returnValue(true)

Using SpyOn to run UNIT-tests for Angular Router Calls

• spyOn() takes two parameters: the first parameter is the name of the object and the second parameter is the name of the method to be spied upon
• It replaces the spied method with a stub, and does not actually execute the real method
• The spyOn() function can however be called only on existing methods.
• A spy only exists in the describe or it block in which it is defined, and will be removed after each spec

Sample Code

 it(`Fake Login with should set isAuthenticated Flag and finally call route: ects`,
    async(inject([AuthenticationService, HttpTestingController],
    (service: AuthenticationService, backend: HttpTestingController) => {

      spyOn(service.router, 'navigate').and.returnValue(true);

      service.login('Helmut', 'mySecret');
      // Fake a HTTP response with a Bearer Token
      // Ask the HTTP mock to return some fake data using the flush method:
      backend.match({
        method: 'POST'
      })[0].flush({ Bearer: 'A Bearer Token: XXXXXXX' });

      expect(service.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalled();
      expect(service.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['ects']);
      expect(service.isAuthenticated()).toEqual(true);
    })));

Reference

• Spies: spyOn(), and.callThrough(), and.returnValue(), and.callFake()

My Fist Karma Sample

Screenshot Chrome Browser after running Tests Details

• Karma verison is v1.7.1
• Only 1 of our 18 test was running as we use fdescribe
• The test shows no error
• The Screen is devided into 2 divs
• Div with class html-report shows the test details
• Div with class root0 shows the angular HTML components

Html Code Type Script TestCode: login.components.spec.ts

</p> <div class="text-center"> <h1>TestKarma</h1> <p> <img class="img-fluid" src="assets/th-logo.jpeg"> </div> <form (ngSubmit)="onLogin(f)" #f="ngForm"> <div class="form-group"> <label for="username">Benutzer</label><br /> <input type="text" id="username" name="username" ngModel class="form-control"> </div> <div class="form-group"> <label for="password">Passwort</label><br /> <input type="password" id="password" name="password" ngModel class="form-control"> </div> <p> <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Anmelden</button><br /> </form

import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';

import { LoginComponent } from './login.component';
import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
import {RouterTestingModule} from '@angular/router/testing';
import {AuthenticationService} from '../authentication.service';
import {AuthGuard} from '../auth-guard.service';

fdescribe ('LoginComponent', () => {
  let component: LoginComponent;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture<LoginComponent>;
  let h1:        HTMLElement;

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ LoginComponent ],
      imports: [FormsModule, RouterTestingModule ],
      providers: [AuthenticationService]
    })
    .compileComponents();
  }));

  beforeEach(() => {
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(LoginComponent);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
    h1 = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('h1');
    console.log(h1);

    fixture.detectChanges();
  });

  it('should have <h1> with  TestKarma', () => {
    const loginElement: HTMLElement = fixture.nativeElement;
     h1 = loginElement.querySelector('h1');
    expect(h1.textContent).toEqual('TestKarma');
  });

  it('should be created', () => {
    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
  });
});

Debug Karma Test

• Add debugger keyword to your Java Script Code you want to debug
• Start Karma tests with : ng test
• Add Chrome Debugger Tools by pressing F12
• Reload your page – Javascript code should stop on the line with debugger statement

Screenshot Chrome Browser after running Tests Details

A more complexer Sample setting up a Karma Test Environment for Integration Tests

import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';

import { CurrentSemesterComponent } from './current-semester.component';
import { CommonHeaderComponent } from '../common-header/common-header.component';
import { NavigationComponent } from '../navigation/navigation.component';
import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
import { MatIconModule } from '@angular/material';
import {MatButtonToggleModule} from '@angular/material/button-toggle';
import {AuthenticationService} from '../auth/authentication.service';


fdescribe('CurrentSemesterComponent', () => {
  let component: CurrentSemesterComponent;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture;

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ CurrentSemesterComponent,CommonHeaderComponent, NavigationComponent ],
      providers: [AuthenticationService,],
      imports: [RouterTestingModule, MatIconModule, MatButtonToggleModule ],
    })
    .compileComponents();
  }));

  beforeEach(() => {
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CurrentSemesterComponent);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
    fixture.detectChanges();
  });

  it('should create', () => {
    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
  });
});

Jasmine Test Order

• Currently (v2.x) Jasmine runs tests in the order they are defined
• However, there is a new (Oct 2015) option to run specs in a random order, which is still off by default
• According to the project owner, in Jasmine 3.x it will be converted to be the default.

Reference

• Reference

Jasmine and Timeout

Reference

• Testing setTimeout and setInterval with Jasmine

https://makandracards.com/makandra/32477-testing-settimeout-and-setinterval-with-jasmine

Error: router-outlet’ is not a known element:

Error Details

'router-outlet' is not a known element:
1. If 'router-outlet' is an Angular component, then verify that it is part of this module.
2. If 'router-outlet' is a Web Component then add 'CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA' to the '@NgModule.schemas' of this component to suppress this message. 

"<app-navigation></app-navigation>
<div class="container">
  [ERROR ->]<router-outlet></router-outlet>
</div>
"): ng:///DynamicTestModule/AppComponent.html@2:2

Fix – import RouterTestingModule

import {RouterTestingModule} from '@angular/router/testing'

describe('AppComponent', () => {
  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [
        AppComponent
      ],
      imports: [ RouterTestingModule ]
    }).compileComponents();
  }));

Reference

• Got a ‘router-outlet’ is not a known element

Error: app-navigation’ is not a known element:

Error Details

AppComponent should create the app
Failed: Template parse errors:
'app-navigation' is not a known element:
1. If 'app-navigation' is an Angular component, then verify that it is part of this module.
2. If 'app-navigation' is a Web Component then add 'CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA' to the '@NgModule.schemas' of this component to suppress this message. ("

<title>app</title>
[ERROR ->]<app-navigation></app-navigation>

Angular code

app.component.html 

<app-navigation></app-navigation>
<div class="container">
  <router-outlet></router-outlet>
</div>


navigation.component.ts 
import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
import {AuthenticationService} from '../auth/authentication.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-navigation',
  templateUrl: './navigation.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./navigation.component.css']
})
...

Fix – Add a stubbing Object

import { TestBed, async } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import {RouterTestingModule} from '@angular/router/testing'
import {Component} from '@angular/core';

@Component({selector: 'app-navigation', template: ''})
class NavigationStubComponent {}

describe('AppComponent', () => {
  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [
        AppComponent,
        NavigationStubComponent
      ],
      imports: [ RouterTestingModule ]
    }).compileComponents();
  })

Reference

• Stubbing unneeded Components

Error Injecting a service

Error Datails: NullInjectorError: No provider for AuthenticationService!

NavigationComponent should create
Error: StaticInjectorError(DynamicTestModule)[NavigationComponent -> AuthenticationService]: 
  StaticInjectorError(Platform: core)[NavigationComponent -> AuthenticationService]: 
    NullInjectorError: No provider for AuthenticationService!

Fix add AuthenticationService to the provider Array

import {AuthenticationService} from '../auth/authentication.service';

describe('NavigationComponent', () => {
  let component: NavigationComponent;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture;

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ NavigationComponent ],
      providers: [
        MatSnackBar,
        Overlay,
        AuthenticationService,
        SnackBarComponent,
        DatePipe],
    })
    .compileComponents();
  }));

Error: Failed: Template parse errors

Error Datails: There is no directive with “exportAs” set to “ngForm”

LoginComponent should create
Failed: Template parse errors:
There is no directive with "exportAs" set to "ngForm" ("

<form (ngSubmit)="onLogin(f)" [ERROR ->]#f="ngForm">
  <div class="form-group">
    <label for="username">Benutzer</label>
"): ng:///DynamicTestModule/LoginComponent.html@5:30

Fix: Add FormsModule Import

describe('LoginComponent', () => {
  let component: LoginComponent;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture;

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ LoginComponent ],
      imports: [FormsModule ],
      providers: [AuthenticationService]
    })

Reference

• Angular Error – No directive with exportAs set to ngForm

Error: StaticInjectorError(DynamicTestModule)[AuthGuard -> Router]:

Error Datails: NullInjectorError: No provider for Router!

Error: StaticInjectorError(DynamicTestModule)[AuthGuard -> Router]: 
  StaticInjectorError(Platform: core)[AuthGuard -> Router]: 
    NullInjectorError: No provider for Router!
Error: StaticInjectorError(DynamicTestModule)[AuthGuard -> Router]: 
  StaticInjectorError(Platform: core)[AuthGuard -> Router]: 
    NullInjectorError: No provider for Router

Fix: Add RouterTesting Module

import { TestBed, async, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { AuthGuard } from './auth-guard.service';
import {AuthenticationService} from '../auth/authentication.service';

import {RouterTestingModule} from '@angular/router/testing';
describe('AuthGuard', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      providers: [AuthGuard,
         AuthenticationService,
      ],
      imports: [
        RouterTestingModule
      ],
    });
  });

Setup for NGXLogger

Note: the setup below should use a single logger instance for both : Code Base and for Karma/Jasmine Tests!

import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
import {LoggerConfig, LoggerTestingModule, NGXLogger} from 'ngx-logger';

fdescribe('InterceptService', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports: [
        LoggerTestingModule
      ],
      providers: [   NGXLogger, LoggerConfig, 
       ... ]
    });
  });

fit(' should create and test NGXLogger  !',
    inject([NGXLogger], (logger: NGXLogger) => {
        // config the Logger
      logger.updateConfig({ level: NgxLoggerLevel.DEBUG });
        // send a Test message from our Karma Code to the
      logger.log('Logger Message from Karma Testing Module !');
        // Override the logger instance from our production code
      component.logger = logger;
        // Invoke a function to test  NGXLogger functionality works for our Code Base too !
      component.syncSemsterData();
      expect(component).toBeTruthy();
    }));
});

Logger Output : 
2019-08-13T11:37:46.298Z LOG [semester-goal-setting.component.spec.ts:95] Logger Message from Karma Testing Module !
2019-08-13T11:37:46.743Z LOG [semester-goal-setting.component.ts:130] syncSemsterData():: Subjects: 3 - all Marks Valid : true - saveButtonIsDisabled false

A complexer Sample mocking Services and Components

@Component({selector: 'app-semester-header', template: ''})
class SemesterHeaderStubComponent {}

@Component({selector: 'app-navigation', template: ''})
class NavigationStubComponent {}

export class MockDataService {
  public isReady = true;
  getIsReady(): boolean {
    return this.isReady;
  }
  setAppStatusFailed(): void  {}

  getSemesterById(): Semester {
  return new Semester(1, 20, 30 , false, true,
    [ new Module('Mathematik', 8, 2.2, 2.0, 3.0, true),
               new Module('JAVA Programming 2', 7, 2.2, 2.0, 3.0, true),
    ]);
  }
}

describe('CurrentSemesterComponent', () => {
  let component: CurrentSemesterComponent;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture;
  beforeEach(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ CurrentSemesterComponent, SemesterHeaderStubComponent, NavigationStubComponent],
      imports: [
        LoggerTestingModule,
        RouterTestingModule,
        NoopAnimationsModule
      ],
      schemas:  [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA],
      providers: [
        NGXLogger,
        LoggerConfig,
        {provide: DataService, useValue: new MockDataService() } ]
    });
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CurrentSemesterComponent);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
    fixture.detectChanges();
  });

  it('should create', () => {
    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
  });

  /*
      Whenever dataService is not ready  setAppStatusFailed() should be called with systemError param
   */
  it('if dataService not READY setAppStatusFailed() should be called with param \'systemError\' ', () => {
    let dataService: MockDataService;
    dataService = TestBed.get(DataService);
    const spy = spyOn(dataService, 'setAppStatusFailed');
    dataService.isReady = false;
    component.ngOnInit();
    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
    expect(dataService.setAppStatusFailed).toHaveBeenCalledWith('systemError');
  });
  /*
        Whenever dataService is READY setAppStatusFailed() should NOT be called anyway
     */
  it('if dataService is READY setAppStatusFailed() should not have been called', () => {
    let dataService: MockDataService;
    dataService = TestBed.get(DataService);
    const spy = spyOn(dataService, 'setAppStatusFailed');
    dataService.isReady = true;
    component.ngOnInit();
    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
    expect(dataService.setAppStatusFailed).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
  });

});

Mock a Service Object

export class MockDataService {
  public isReady = true;

  getSemesterById(semId: number): Semester {
    return new Semester(  '20192' , 30, 0,  '', 0,
      [
        new Mark( 4.5, 5, new Exam ( '6', 'Mathematik S1'), 3, true ),
        new Mark( 2.5, 7, new Exam ( '5', 'JAVA Programming II S1'), 2, true ),
        new Mark( 1.5, 8, new Exam ( '4', 'C ++ Programming II S1'), 2.7, true ),
      ])
  }

}

fdescribe('SemesterGoalSettingComponent', () => {
  let component: SemesterGoalSettingComponent;
  let fixture: ComponentFixture;

  beforeEach(async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      declarations: [ SemesterGoalSettingComponent ],
      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA],
      imports: [ MatTableModule, MatDialogModule, RouterTestingModule, LoggerTestingModule ,  HttpClientModule,
        HttpClientTestingModule, MatSnackBarModule],
      providers: [ NGXLogger, LoggerConfig, MatSnackBar, MatDialog,
        { provide: DataService, useValue: new MockDataService() } ]
    })
    .compileComponents();
  }));
...

Simulate a Button Press Action

Karma/Jasmine Test Code:
beforeEach(() => {
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SemesterHeaderComponent);
    component = fixture.componentInstance;
    // 'autoDetectChanges' will continually check for changes until the test is complete.
    // This is slower, but necessary for certain UI changes as changes triggered by ngFor Ops
    fixture.autoDetectChanges(true);
  });

it('Button Press should redirect to Central ECTS Page  ', () => {
    spyOn(component, 'navigateTop');
    const el1 =   fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('#return-to-top-level-page')).nativeElement;
    el1.click();
    expect(component.navigateTop).toHaveBeenCalled();
  });

HTML Code:

    <button id="return-to-top-level-page" class="mat-button-study-progress" mat-button  (click)="navigateTop()" > <mat-icon class="button-navigate-back color_white" >arrow_back_ios</mat-icon> </button>


JavaScript Code:

 navigateTop() {
    this.logger.warn('SemesterHeaderComponent::navigate  to ECTS Page !: ');
    this.router.navigate(['ects']);
  }