I wonder if there is a better way to disable console errors inside a specific Jest test (i.e., restore the original console before/after each test).
Here is my current approach:
describe("Some description", () => {
let consoleSpy;
beforeEach(() => {
if (typeof consoleSpy === "function") {
consoleSpy.mockRestore();
}
});
test("Some test that should not output errors to jest console", () => {
expect.assertions(2);
consoleSpy = jest.spyOn(console, "error").mockImplementation();
// some function that uses console error
expect(someFunction).toBe("X");
expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
});
test("Test that has console available", () => {
// shows up during jest watch test, just as intended
console.error("test");
});
});
Is there a cleaner way of accomplishing the same thing? I would like to avoid spyOn, but mockRestore only seems to work with it.
Thanks!
For particular spec file, Andreas's is good enough. Below setup will suppress console.log statements for all test suites,
jest --silent
(or)
To customize warn, info and debug you can use below setup
tests/setup.js or jest-preload.js configured in setupFilesAfterEnv
global.console = {
...console,
// uncomment to ignore a specific log level
log: jest.fn(),
debug: jest.fn(),
info: jest.fn(),
// warn: jest.fn(),
// error: jest.fn(),
};
jest.config.js
module.exports = {
verbose: true,
setupFilesAfterEnv: ["<rootDir>/__tests__/setup.js"],
};
If you want to do it just for a specific test:
beforeEach(() => {
jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
});
As every test file runs in its own thread there is no need to restore it if you want to disable it for all test in one file. For the same reason you can also just write
console.log = jest.fn()
expect(console.log).toHaveBeenCalled();