Testing Models

Container testing methods and computed properties follow previous patterns shown in Testing Basics because DS.Model extends Ember.Object.

Ember Data Models can be tested in a module that uses the setupTest helper.

Let's assume we have a Player model that has level and levelName attributes. We want to call levelUp() to increment the level and assign a new levelName when the player reaches level 5.

You can follow along by generating your own model with ember generate model player.

import Model from 'ember-data/model';
import attr from 'ember-data/attr';

export default Model.extend({
  level: attr('number', { defaultValue: 0 }),
  levelName: attr('string', { defaultValue: 'Noob' }),

  levelUp() {
    let newLevel = this.incrementProperty('level');
    if (newLevel === 5) {
      this.set('levelName', 'Professional');
    }
  }
});

Now let's create a test which will call levelUp on the player when they are level 4 to assert that the levelName changes. We will use module together with the setupTest helper method:

import { module, test } from 'qunit';
import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
import { run } from '@ember/runloop';

module('Unit | Model | player', function(hooks) {
  setupTest(hooks);

  // Specify the other units that are required for this test.
  test('should increment level when told to', function(assert) {
    const player = run(() => this.owner.lookup('service:store').createRecord('player'));

    // wrap asynchronous call in run loop
    run(() => player.levelUp());

    assert.equal(player.get('level'), 5, 'level gets incremented');
    assert.equal(player.get('levelName'), 'Professional', 'new level is called professional');
  });
});

Also note, how both creating a record and updating properties on the record through the levelUp method requires us to wrap these operations into a run function. You can read more the Ember run loop over here.

Testing Relationships

import Model from 'ember-data/model';

export default Model.extend({
});

import Model from 'ember-data/model';
import { belongsTo } from 'ember-data/relationships';

export default Model.extend({
  profile: belongsTo('profile')
});

import { module, test } from 'qunit';
import { setupTest } from 'ember-qunit';
import { get } from '@ember/object';

module('Unit | Model | user', function(hooks) {
  setupTest(hooks);

  test('should own a profile', function(assert) {
    const User = this.owner.lookup('service:store').modelFor('user');

    // lookup the relationship on the user model
    const relationship = get(User, 'relationshipsByName').get('profile');

    assert.equal(relationship.key, 'profile', 'has relationship with profile');
    assert.equal(relationship.kind, 'belongsTo', 'kind of relationship is belongsTo');
  });
});