How can we test non-scope angular controller methods?

Question

We have few methods in Angular Controller, which are not on the scope variable.

Does anyone know, how we can execute or call those methods inside Jasmine tests?

Here is the main code.

var testController = TestModule.controller('testController', function($scope, testService)
{

function handleSuccessOfAPI(data) {
    if (angular.isObject(data))
    {
       $scope.testData = data;
    }
}

function handleFailureOfAPI(status) {
    console.log("handleFailureOfAPIexecuted :: status :: "+status);
}

 // this is controller initialize function.
 function init() {
    $scope.testData = null; 

    // partial URL
    $scope.strPartialTestURL = "partials/testView.html;

    // send test http request 
    testService.getTestDataFromServer('testURI', handleSuccessOfAPI, handleFailureOfAPI);
}

 init();
}

Now in my jasmine test, we are passing "handleSuccessOfAPI" and "handleFailureOfAPI" method, but these are undefined.

Here is jasmine test code.

describe('Unit Test :: Test Controller', function() {
var scope;
var testController;

var httpBackend;
var testService;


beforeEach( function() {
    module('test-angular-angular');

    inject(function($httpBackend, _testService_, $controller, $rootScope) {

        httpBackend = $httpBackend;
        testService= _testService_;

        scope = $rootScope.$new();
        testController= $controller('testController', { $scope: scope, testService: testService});
            });
});

afterEach(function() {
       httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
       httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingRequest();
    });

it('Test controller data', function (){ 
    var URL = 'test server url';

    // set up some data for the http call to return and test later.
    var returnData = { excited: true };

    // create expectation
    httpBackend.expectGET(URL ).respond(200, returnData);

    // make the call.
    testService.getTestDataFromServer(URL , handleSuccessOfAPI, handleFailureOfAPI);

    $scope.$apply(function() {
        $scope.runTest();
    });

    // flush the backend to "execute" the request to do the expectedGET assertion.
    httpBackend.flush();

    // check the result. 
    // (after Angular 1.2.5: be sure to use `toEqual` and not `toBe`
    // as the object will be a copy and not the same instance.)
    expect(scope.testData ).not.toBe(null);
});
});

Answer 1

I know this is an old case but here is the solution I am using.

Use the 'this' of your controller

.controller('newController',['$scope',function($scope){
    var $this = this;
    $this.testMe = function(val){
        $scope.myVal = parseInt(val)+1;
    }
}]);

Here is the test:

describe('newDir', function(){
var svc, 
    $rootScope,
    $scope,
    $controller,
    ctrl;


 beforeEach(function () {
    module('myMod');
 });

 beforeEach(function () {
    inject(function ( _$controller_,_$rootScope_) {

        $controller = _$controller_;
        $rootScope = _$rootScope_;
        $compile = _$compile_;
        $scope = $rootScope.$new();
        ctrl = $controller('newController', {'$rootScope': $rootScope, '$scope': $scope });
    });
});

it('testMe inc number', function() {

    ctrl.testMe(10)
    expect($scope.myVal).toEqual(11);
});

});

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