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Testing asynchronous functions with Jest

Because I seem to have a mental block when it comes to remembering the syntax for testing asynchronous promised-based Javascript functions with Jest, here’s a reminder to self:

Assuming a function like:

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const greeter = (name) => {
  return new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {
    if (!name) {
      reject("Empty name")
      return
    }
    resolve("Hello, " + name)
  })
}

This will need two tests - the happy path, which is straight-forward:

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it("should greet when provided with a name", () => {
  return greeter("foo").then( response => {
    expect(response).toEqual("Hello, foo")
  })
})

And the unhappy path, which needs the error to be caught and checked:

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it("should reject when no name is passed", () => {
  return greeter().catch( err => {
    expect(err).toEqual("Empty name")
  })
})