snapshot-context

snapshot-context is Context For Snapshot Testing In Zoroaster.

yarn add -DE snapshot-context

Since Zoroaster 3.8.5, the snapshot functionality is enabled by returning the result of the test, there's no need to install this package manually.

Table Of Contents
class SnapshotContext
API
- setDir(path:string)
- async test(path:string, actual: string|object)
Copyright & License

class `SnapshotContext`

The snapshot context should be passed in to a Zoroaster test suite in the context property.

import { fork } from 'spawncommand'
import SnapshotContext from 'snapshot-context'
import Context from '../context'

/**
 * @type {Object.<string, (c: Context, s: SnapshotContext)>} */
const T = {
  context:[
    context,
    snapshotContext,
  ],
  async 'produces correct output'({ TEST_SUITE_PATH }, { test, setDir }) {
    setDir(SNAPSHOT_DIR)
    const { promise } = fork(BIN, [TEST_SUITE_PATH, '--babel'], {
      stdio: 'pipe',
    })
    const { stdout } = await promise
    await test('integration-stdout.txt', s)
  },
}

export default T

API

There is a set of methods made available by the API.

setDir(path:string)

Sets the root directory to save to and read snapshots from. Otherwise, an absolute path to the file can be passed. By default, the test/snapshot directory is used.

import { resolve } from 'path'
import snapshotContext, { SnapshotContext } from 'snapshot-context' // eslint-disable-line
import erte from '../../src' // tested lib

const SNAPSHOT_DIR = resolve(__dirname, '../snapshot')

const stringContext = {
  /**
   * A string with 1 new line
   */
  s: 'I am all in a sea of wonders.\nI doubt;\nI fear;\n',
  /**
   * A string with 2 new lines
   */
  t: 'I am all in a sea of wonders.\n\nI doubt;\n\nI fear;\n\n',
}

/** @type {Object.<string, (ctxString: stringContext ctx: SnapshotContext)>} */
const T = {
  context: [
    function () {
      Object.assign(this, stringContext)
    },
    snapshotContext,
  ],
  async 'replaces new lines'({ s, t }, { setDir, test }) {
    setDir(SNAPSHOT_DIR)
    const res = erte(s, t)
    await test('new-lines.txt', res)
  },
  // absolute path without set-dir
  async 'replaces reverse new lines'({ s, t }, { test }) {
    const res = erte(t, s)
    const path = resolve(SNAPSHOT_DIR, 'new-lines-reverse.txt')
    await test(path, res)
  },
}

export default T

async test(path:string, actual: string|object)

Test whether a snapshot matches the one saved in the path. An equality of strings is asserted, and objects are deep-equal tested. Objects are serialised as JSON for writing, and back when reading.

If there's no snapshot file existing, the user is prompted to answer the save snapshot question with a y to confirm new snapshot.
The path to the file will be ensured, so that all directories in the path are made.
The error stack will start at the point where test is called.

test cli demo

The difference between objects will be shown using deepEqual from the assert-diff

object diff

The difference between strings will be highlighted with erte.

string diff