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Testing with React's Jest and Enzyme when async componentDidMount


  • react:16.3.0-alpha.1
  • jest: "22.3.0"
  • enzyme: 3.3.0
  • typescript: 2.7.1

code:

class Foo extends React.PureComponent<undefined,undefined>{
   bar:number;
   async componentDidMount() {
     this.bar = 0;
     let echarts = await import('echarts'); // async import
     this.bar = 100;
   }
}

test:

describe('...', () => {
  test('...', async () => {
    const wrapper = shallow(<Foo/>);
    const instance = await wrapper.instance();
    expect(instance.bar).toBe(100);
  });
});

Error:

Expected value to be:
  100
Received:
  0

Solution

  • Solution:

    1: use the async/await syntax.

    2: Use mount (no shallow).

    3: await async componentLifecycle.

    For ex:

        test(' ',async () => {
          const wrapper = mount(
             <Foo />
          );
          await wrapper.instance().componentDidMount();
        })