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Showing how to fake server requests with Sinon.JS and Jasmine
/*
Load Sinon.JS in the SpecRunner:
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-1.0.1/jasmine.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/jasmine-1.0.1/jasmine-html.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="sinon-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="sinon-ie-1.0.0.js"></script>
http://cjohansen.no/sinon/
*/
describe("SinonFakeServerWithJasmine", function() {
var server;
beforeEach(function() {
server = sinon.fakeServer.create();
});
afterEach(function () {
server.restore();
});
it("should fake a jQuery ajax request", function () {
server.respondWith("GET", "/something",
[200, { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
'{ "stuff": "is", "awesome": "in here" }']);
var callbacks = [sinon.spy(), sinon.spy()];
jQuery.ajax({
url: "/something",
success: callbacks[0]
});
jQuery.ajax({
url: "/other",
success: callbacks[1]
});
console.log(server.requests); // Logs all requests so far
server.respond(); // Process all requests so far
expect(callbacks[0].calledOnce).toBeTruthy();
expect(callbacks[0].calledWith({
stuff: "is",
awesome: "in here"
})).toBeTruthy();
expect(callbacks[1].calledOnce).toBeFalsy(); // Unknown URL /other received 404
});
});
@MatthewKosloski
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this doesn't work...

  sinonFakeServer
[]
    1) should fake a jQuery ajax request


  0 passing (137ms)
  1 failing

  1) sinonFakeServer should fake a jQuery ajax request:
     Error: Expected false to exist
      at assert (node_modules/expect/lib/assert.js:29:9)
      at Expectation.toExist (node_modules/expect/lib/Expectation.js:52:28)
      at Context.<anonymous> (test/components/Foo.spec.js:38:35)

@hemabahirwani
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I used this code with a little modification; i made the xmlhttprequest call from the test file using the instance of the class where the htpp call is written. But it is not calling my callback function. Any idea why is that happening?

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