How to unit test a component that depends on parameters from ActivatedRoute?

Question

I am unit testing a component that is used to edit an object. The object has an unique id that is used in order to grab the specific object from an array of objects that are hosted in a service. The specific idis procured through a parameter that is passed via routing, specifically through the ActivatedRoute class.

The constructor is as follows:

 constructor(private _router:Router, private _curRoute:ActivatedRoute, private _session:Session) {
}

ngOnInit() {
    this._curRoute.params.subscribe(params => {
        this.userId = params['id'];
        this.userObj = this._session.allUsers.filter(user => user.id.toString() === this.userId.toString())[0];

I want to run basic unit tests on this component. However, I am not sure as to how I can inject the id parameter, and the component needs this parameter.

By the way: I already have a mock for the Session service, so no worries there.

Answer 1

The simplest way to do this is to just use the useValue attribute and provide an Observable of the value you want to mock.

RxJS < 6

import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
...
{
  provide: ActivatedRoute,
  useValue: {
    params: Observable.of({id: 123})
  }
}

RxJS >= 6

import { of } from 'rxjs';
...
{
  provide: ActivatedRoute,
  useValue: {
    params: of({id: 123})
  }
}