Jasmine: Set controller property on initialization, angular 1.5

Question

Controller

function SomeController(someService) {
  const $ctrl = this;

  activate();

  function activate() {
    someService.retrieveSomeData($ctrl.criteria).then(doSomething);
  }

  function doSomething(response) {
    $ctrl.result = response.data;
  }
}

Test

describe('SomeController', () => {

  beforeEach(module('myModule'));

  let $controller;

  beforeEach(inject((_$controller_,) => {
    $controller = _$controller_;
  }));

 it('tests $controller properties', () => {
    const $scope = {};
    const controller = $controller('SomeController', { $scope });
  });
});

Here I want to sent $ctrl.criteria while initializing my controller so I can test $ctrl.result afterwards.

you could just have const controller = $controller('SomeController') where controller will have this available — Pankaj Parkar
– Pankaj Parkar, Commented Aug 24, 2016 at 10:25
As you can see, the activate() method executes on initialization, I tried setting it after initialization, but the activate() method is already fired by then. — Abubakr Dar
– Abubakr Dar, Commented Aug 24, 2016 at 10:28
No, its not @SiddharthPandey. It is used to show a customized $mdDialog. — Abubakr Dar
– Abubakr Dar, Commented Aug 25, 2016 at 16:36

Gonzalo Pincheira Arancibia · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-25 15:59:16Z

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try this:

describe('SomeController', () => {

  beforeEach(module('myModule'));

  let $controller;

  beforeEach(inject((_$controller_,) => {
    $controller = _$controller_;
  }));

 it('tests $controller properties', () => {
    const scope = {
      criteria : {id: 1}
    };
    const controller = $controller('SomeController', { $scope : scope });
  });
});

answered Aug 25, 2016 at 15:59

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Abubakr Dar Over a year ago

Hmm, I tried doing that, but criteria was still undefined.

Abubakr Dar Over a year ago

What I figured out was, you pass in the controller properties as a third argument.

Abubakr Dar · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-25 16:37:11Z

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I'm not sure, if its a general solution or specific to this case, but to pass in the locals of a controller, you have the third aurgument of $controller. At least, it worked for me.

Test

describe('SomeController', () => {

  beforeEach(module('myModule'));

  let $controller;

  beforeEach(inject((_$controller_,) => {
    $controller = _$controller_;
  }));

 it('tests $controller properties', () => {
    const $scope = {};
    const criteria = {id: 1};
    const controller = $controller('SomeController', { $scope }, { criteria });
  });
});

edited Aug 25, 2016 at 16:37

answered Aug 25, 2016 at 15:51

Abubakr Dar

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Abubakr Dar Over a year ago

I'm amazed that I couldn't find this in any documentation or any of the easily available content. Such a simple solution. Wasted hours on it yesterday.

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