Chai-jQ

chai-jq is an alternate plugin for the Chai assertion library to provide jQuery-specific assertions.

Usage

You can install chai-jq via the following package managers:

  • NPM: npm install chai-jq
  • Bower: bower install chai-jq

See the integration notes below to properly patch Chai with the plugin's asserts in different environments (browser, AMD, Node.js).

To see some of the plugin's assertions in action, see the test page for the project.

Plugin API

.$visible

Asserts that the element is visible.

Node.js/JsDom Note: JsDom does not currently infer zero-sized or hidden parent elements as hidden / visible appropriately.

expect($("<div>&nbsp;</div>"))
  .to.be.$visible;

See: http://api.jquery.com/visible-selector/

.$hidden

Asserts that the element is hidden.

Node.js/JsDom Note: JsDom does not currently infer zero-sized or hidden parent elements as hidden / visible appropriately.

expect($("<div style=\"display: none\" />"))
  .to.be.$hidden;

See: http://api.jquery.com/hidden-selector/

.$val(string|regexp)

Asserts that the element value matches a string or regular expression.

expect($("<input value='foo' />"))
  .to.have.$val("foo").and
  .to.have.$val(/^foo/);

See: http://api.jquery.com/val/

.$class(string)

Asserts that the element has a class match.

expect($("<div class='foo bar' />"))
  .to.have.$class("foo").and
  .to.have.$class("bar");

See: http://api.jquery.com/hasClass/

.$attr(name, string)

Asserts that the target has exactly the given named attribute, or asserts the target contains a subset of the attribute when using the include or contain modifiers.

expect($("<div id=\"hi\" foo=\"bar time\" />"))
  .to.have.$attr("id", "hi").and
  .to.contain.$attr("foo", "bar");

See: http://api.jquery.com/attr/

.$prop(name, value)

Asserts that the target has exactly the given named property.

expect($("<input type=\"checkbox\" checked=\"checked\" />"))
  .to.have.$prop("checked", true).and
  .to.have.$prop("type", "checkbox");

See: http://api.jquery.com/prop/

.$html(string)

Asserts that the target has exactly the given HTML, or asserts the target contains a subset of the HTML when using the include or contain modifiers.

expect($("<div><span>foo</span></div>"))
  .to.have.$html("<span>foo</span>").and
  .to.contain.$html("foo");

See: http://api.jquery.com/html/

.$text(string)

Asserts that the target has exactly the given text, or asserts the target contains a subset of the text when using the include or contain modifiers.

expect($("<div><span>foo</span> bar</div>"))
  .to.have.$text("foo bar").and
  .to.contain.$text("foo");

See: http://api.jquery.com/text/

.$css(name, string)

Asserts that the target has exactly the given CSS property, or asserts the target contains a subset of the CSS when using the include or contain modifiers.

Node.js/JsDom Note: Computed CSS properties are not correctly inferred as of JsDom v0.8.8. Explicit ones should get matched exactly.

Browser Note: Explicit CSS properties are sometimes not matched (in contrast to Node.js), so the plugin performs an extra check against explicit style properties for a match. May still have other wonky corner cases.

PhantomJS Note: PhantomJS also is fairly wonky and unpredictable with respect to CSS / styles, especially those that come from CSS classes and not explicity style attributes.

expect($("<div style=\"width: 50px; border: 1px dotted black;\" />"))
  .to.have.$css("width", "50px").and
  .to.have.$css("border-top-style", "dotted");

See: http://api.jquery.com/css/

Integration

chai-jq works in your browser, with AMD/RequireJS, and in Node.js with JsDom.

Standard Browser: To use in a standard HTML page, include chai-jq.js after Chai.

<script src="chai.js"></script>
<script src="chai-jq.js"></script>

AMD Browser: To use in a RequireJS/AMD page, require in chai-jq and inject it into Chai before your test imports / runners begin:

require(["chai", "../chai-jq"], function (chai, plugin) {
  // Inject plugin.
  chai.use(plugin);

  // Rest of your test code here...
});

Node.js / JsDom: To use in Node.js/JsDom, require in chai-jq and inject it into Chai before your test imports / runners begin:

var chai    = require("chai");
var plugin  = require("chai-jq");

// Inject plugin.
chai.use(plugin);

// Rest of test code here...

Contributions

Please see the Contributions Guide for how to help out with the plugin.

We test all changes with Travis CI. Here's our current build status:

Build Status

Licenses

All code not otherwise specified is Copyright 2013 Ryan Roemer. Released under the MIT License.

This repository contains various libraries from other folks, and are licensed as follows:

  • jQuery is Copyright jQuery Foundation and licensed under the MIT license.

  • Mocha is Copyright TJ Holowaychuk and licensed under the MIT license.

  • Chai is Copyright Jake Luer and licensed under the BSD license.

  • Sinon.JS is Copyright Christian Johansen and licensed under the BSD license.

  • Mocha-PhantomJS is Copyright Ken Collins and licensed under the MIT license.

  • Pure is Copyright Yahoo! and licensed under the MIT license.

History

0.0.3

  • Switch to manual plugin injection for AMD (matches Node.js method). [@ryan-roemer]
  • Add fallback to "style" property for $css. [@ryan-roemer]
  • Add contains support for $css assert. [@ryan-roemer]
  • Add support for Node.js with JsDom. [@ryan-roemer]

0.0.2

  • Extension of API with: $css, $visible, $hidden. [@atimb]

0.0.1

  • Initial release with API: $val, $class, $attr, $prop, $html, $text. [@ryan-roemer]

Contributing

Community contributions are most welcome. Here are a couple of guidelines for contributions.

  • Install the dev. environment with npm install and bower install.
  • Use GitHub pull requests.
  • Reference existing open GitHub issues in commits where relevant.
  • Styles, Tests: Always run grunt check to run all style and test checks. This is a test library -- it should pass its own tests. ;)
  • Generation: Please run grunt to correctly generate all appropriate files before finishing up and submitting your pull request.

And, thanks!