Anticipated request for spy navigation with path '/members' was expected, but unfortunately was not triggered

I am facing an issue with a service method that performs an HTTP delete operation. The expected behavior is that upon successful deletion, the page should be redirected to another location. However, during testing, I noticed that the router navigation function is not being called as expected. This resulted in a failure report generated by Jasmine:

Jasmine spec failure test:

Service: MemberDelete > Testing deleteMember() succesfully
Expected spy navigate to have been called with:
  [ [ '/members' ] ]
but it was never called.

The code snippet from my testing file member-delete.service.spec.ts is as follows:

import { HttpClient, HttpResponse} from '@angular/common/http';
import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
import { TestBed, async, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
import { memberMockObject } from 'src/app/components/member/member.mocks';
import {createSpyFromClass, Spy} from 'jasmine-auto-spies';
import { MemberDeleteService } from './member-delete.service';
import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';

describe('Service: MemberDelete', () => {
  let service: MemberDeleteService;
  let mockHttp: HttpClientTestingModule;
  let mockHttpTestingController: HttpTestingController;
  let router: Router;

  beforeEach(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports:[
        HttpClientTestingModule,
        RouterTestingModule
      ],
      providers:[
        { provider: MemberDeleteService, useValue: service },
        { provider: HttpClient, useValue: createSpyFromClass(HttpClient) }
      ]
    });

    mockHttp = TestBed.inject(HttpClient);
    mockHttpTestingController = TestBed.inject(HttpTestingController);
    service = TestBed.inject(MemberDeleteService);  
    router = TestBed.inject(Router);
  });

  afterEach(() => {
    mockHttpTestingController.verify(); //Verifies that no requests are outstanding.
  });

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

  it('Testing deleteMember() succesfully', () => {
    spyOn(router, 'navigate');
    service.deleteMember(memberMockObject.fakeMember.id);
    expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['/members']);
  });

});

The relevant service method from member-delete.service.ts can be found below:

public deleteMember(memberId: number): void {
    this._http.delete(`${this._membersUrl}/${memberId}`).subscribe({
      complete: () => {
        this.router.navigate(
          [`/members`]
        );
      },
      error: (error) =>  {this.handleError(error);} 
    });
  }

Your assistance in resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your help.

Answer №1

The problem lies in the absence of a response being passed for the delete method, causing it to skip the subscribe block.

To address this issue, make sure to follow the marked lines with !!:

import { HttpClient, HttpResponse} from '@angular/common/http';
import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
import { TestBed, async, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
import { memberMockObject } from 'src/app/components/member/member.mocks';
import {createSpyFromClass, Spy} from 'jasmine-auto-spies';
import { MemberDeleteService } from './member-delete.service';
import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';

describe('Service: MemberDelete', () => {
  let service: MemberDeleteService;
  let mockHttp: HttpClientTestingModule;
  let mockHttpTestingController: HttpTestingController;
  let router: Router;

  beforeEach(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
      imports:[
        HttpClientTestingModule,
        RouterTestingModule
      ],
      providers:[
        // !! remove below line and provide actual service for testing
        // { provider: MemberDeleteService, useValue: service },
        MemberDeleteService,
        // !! remove below line - HttpClientTestingModule mocks the HttpClient for you
        // { provider: HttpClient, useValue: createSpyFromClass(HttpClient) }
      ]
    });

    mockHttp = TestBed.inject(HttpClient);
    mockHttpTestingController = TestBed.inject(HttpTestingController);
    service = TestBed.inject(MemberDeleteService);  
    router = TestBed.inject(Router);
  });

  afterEach(() => {
    mockHttpTestingController.verify(); //Verifies that no requests are outstanding.
  });

  it('should ...', () => {
    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
  });
  
  // !! Use fakeAsync so we have better control of the subscribe
  it('Testing deleteMember() successfully', fakeAsync(() => {
    spyOn(router, 'navigate');
    service.deleteMember(memberMockObject.fakeMember.id);
    
    // !! Expect an HTTP request (find the pending request)
    const req = mockhttpTestingController.expectOne(request => request.url.includes(memberMockObject.fakeMember.id));
    // !! Ensure a delete method is used
    expect(req.request.method).toBe('Delete)';
    // !! Provide a response for the pending HTTP call
    req.flush({});
    // !! Wait for the subscribe to complete before assertion (tick handles this)
    tick();
    expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['/members']);
  }));

});

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