Testing angularjs modules with mocha in node

Question

mymodule.js is defined as:

angular.module('mymodule', []).factory('MyModule', function () { /* my code */ });

I then have a mocha test script (test.js) like:

var chai = require('chai');
chai.use(require("chai-as-promised"));
var angular = require('angular');
require('mymodule.js');

When running test.js with mocha I get an error saying that angular is not defined.

I've instead tried to use angular.injector like:

var angular = require('angular');
var injector = angular.injector(['mymodule']);
var mymodule = injector.get('MyModule');

but then I get the error "Failed to instantiate module" as mymodule.js hasn't been loaded.

Is there a simple way to get this working?

undefined · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-09 19:07:32Z

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Try changing var angular = ... in test.js to global.angular = ...

Explanation

Since mymodule.js is in a different scope than test.js, declaring angular as a var within test.js will not make it accessible within mymodule.js. You must attach it to the global object to make it available anywhere without requiring it.

See http://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_global

answered Sep 9, 2014 at 19:07

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