test-tube

Test React components from the point of view of a user

Example

import React from 'react'
import { render } from 'test-tube'

function run() {
  const container = render(
    <div>Hello World!</div>
  )

  console.log(container.innerHTML)
}

run()

Installation

Install test-tube by running:

yarn add test-tube

API

render(jsx, [container])

Render a React element, returning a <div> containing it

import React from 'react'
import { render } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>Hello World!</div>
)

console.log(container.innerHTML)

render attempts to run React components as if they were being run in a browser for an actual user. It uses jsdom to augment Node.js environments with support for browser APIs.

Optionally, a container (HTMLElement) to render into can be passed in (by default, render creates a new <div>). This enables usecases like re-rendering a component with different props.

Note that JavaScript referenced using <script> tags will be downloaded and executed.

unrender(container)

Unmount a React element

import React, { useEffect } from 'react'
import { render, unrender } from 'test-tube'

function ComponentWithSideEffect() {
  useEffect(() => {
    localStorage.setItem('globalVariable', 'foo')

    return () => {
      localStorage.removeItem('globalVariable')
    }
  })

  return (
    <div>Side Effect</div>
  )
}

const container = render(<ComponentWithSideEffect />)
console.log(localStorage.getItem('globalVariable'))

unrender(container)
console.log(localStorage.getItem('globalVariable'))

unrender unmounts a React component, triggering any relevant configured lifecycle hooks.

format(container)

Format an element into an HTML string to help with debugging

import React from 'react'
import { render, format } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>Hello World!</div>
)

console.log(format(container))

navigate(pathname)

Simulate a URL change.

import React from 'react'
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Route } from 'react-router-dom'
import { render, format, navigate } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <Router>
    <>
      <Route exact path='/' render={() => 'Home'} />
      <Route exact path='/one' render={() => 'One'} />
      <Route exact path='/two' render={() => 'Two'} />
    </>
  </Router>
)

console.log(format(container))

navigate('/one')
console.log(format(container))

navigate('/two')
console.log(format(container))

navigate changes window.location to match the given path and then dispatches a popstate event, which is verified to work with react-router-dom.

findElements(container, cssSelector)

Find all elements matching a CSS selector

import React from 'react'
import { render, findElements } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>
    <button>Submit</button>
    <button>Sign Up</button>
  </div>
)

const buttons = findElement(container, 'button')

findElement(container, cssSelector, containedText)

Find the first element matching a CSS selector and optionally, containing some text

import React from 'react'
import { render, findElement } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>
    <button>Submit</button>
    <button>Sign Up</button>
  </div>
)

const submitButton findElement(container, 'button')
const signUpButton = findElement(container, 'button', 'Sign Up')

If a matching element cannot be found, an exception is thrown.

findElement searches the textContent, aria-label and value for the given text.

findInput(container, labelText)

Find an input element by its associated label

import React from 'react'
import { render, findInput } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>
    <label htmlFor="email">Email</label>
    <input id="email" />
  </div>
)

const emailInput = findInput(container, 'Email')

If a matching element cannot be found, an exception is thrown.

click(container, containedText)

Click on a button or link containing the given text

import React from 'react'
import { render, click } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>
    <button>Click Here</button>
  </div>
)

click(container, 'Click Here')

Only links and buttons (with the proper tag or ARIA role) are clickable.

In addition, if the button is the submit button for a form, an onSubmit event will also be fired on the form.

fillIn(container, labelText, value)

Find a form field by label and change its value.

import React from 'react'
import { render, fillIn } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>
    <label for="username">Username</label>
    <input id="username" />
  </div>
)

fillIn(container, 'Username', 'example-user')

check(container, labelText)

Check an unchecked checkbox or radio button

import React from 'react'
import { render, check } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>
    <label for="confirm">Confirm</label>
    <input id="confirm" type="checkbox" />
  </div>
)

check(container, 'Username')

If the input is already checked, an exception will be thrown.

uncheck(container, labelText)

Check an unchecked checkbox

import React from 'react'
import { render, uncheck } from 'test-tube'

const container = render(
  <div>
    <label for="confirm">Confirm</label>
    <input id="confirm" type="checkbox" checked />
  </div>
)

uncheck(container, 'Username')

If the input is already unchecked, an exception will be thrown.

waitForRender(container, timeout = 5000)

Wait for the given container's HTML to be modified for upto the given timeout

import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
import { render, format, waitForRender } from 'test-tube'

function Component() {
  const [text, setText] = useState('Waiting')

  useEffect(() => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      setText('Done')
    }, 3000)
  })

  return (
    <div>
      {text}
    </div>
  )
}

async function run() {
  const container = render(<Component />)
  console.log(container.textContent)
  await waitForRender()
  console.log(container.textContent)
}

run()

waitForRender uses MutationObserver to detect when React completes its next render cycle and updates the container's HTML.

waitForPromises()

Wait for pending Promises to be resolved.

import React, { useState } from 'react'
import { render, format, click, waitForPromises } from 'test-tube'

function Component() {
  const [text, setText] = useState('Waiting')

  return (
    <div>
      <span>{text}</span>
      <button
        onClick={async () => {
          await Promise.resolve()
          setText('Done')
        }}
      >
        Do Work
      </button>
    </div>
  )
}

async function run() {
  const container = render(<Component />)
  click(container, 'Do Work')
  await waitForPromises()
  console.log(format(container))
}

run()