Angular.js $httpBackend example

test_controller.js

(function(module) {
    module.controller('TestController', ['$scope', '$http',
        function($scope, $http) {
    
        $http.get('/api/stuffs')
            .then(function(data) {
                $scope.stuffs = data;
            });

    }]);
 
}(angular.module('testApp')));

test_controller.spec.js

describe('testApp' function () {
 
    beforeEach(module('testApp'));
 
    describe('testController', function() {
        var scope, httpBackend, http, controller;
        
        beforeEach(inject(function($rootScope, $controller, $httpBackend, $http) {
            scope = $rootScope.$new();
            httpBackend = $httpBackend;
            http = $http;
            controller = $controller;
            httpBackend.when("GET", '/api/stuffs').respond(200, ['a',1,{}];
        }));
       
        afterEach(function() {
            httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
            httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest();
        });

        it('should GET stuffs', function() {
            httpBackend.expectGET('/api/stuffs');
            controller('TestController', {
                $scope: scope,
                $http: http
            });
            httpBackend.flush();
            assert(scope.stuffs.length, 3)
        });
    });
});