testing-redux-connected-components.md

title	shortTitle	type	language	tags	cover	excerpt	dateModified
Testing Redux-connected components with React Testing Library	Redux-connected components testing	story	react	testing	sparkles	Testing Redux-connected components is pretty common. Learn how to use this simple utility function to speed up your testing.	2021-11-07

Testing Redux-connected components with React Testing Library is a very common scenario. However, it might be a little complicated without the proper tools and you could end up repeating yourself. This is especially true when writing the boilerplate to connect to your redux store.

Here's a simple utility function adapted from React Testing Library's docs on the subject to help you speed up your testing:

import React from 'react';
import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
import { createStore } from 'redux';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
// Replace this with the appropriate imports for your project
import { reducer, reducerInitialState } from './myReduxStore';

const renderConnected = (
  ui, {
    initialState = reducerInitialState,
    store = createStore(reducer, initialState),
    ...renderOptions
  } = {}
) => {
  const Wrapper = ({ children }) => (
    <Provider store={store}>{children}</Provider>
  );
  return render(ui, { wrapper: Wrapper, ...renderOptions});
};

export default renderConnected;

This utility uses the createStore function and the <Provider> component to wrap a redux-connected component to the passed state. Then it uses React Testing Library's render to finally render the result.

Remember to replace import statements with the appropriate files and exports to set up the utility as necessary. After creating the utility function and saving it in an appropriate file, you can use it like this:

import React from 'react';
// Replace this with the appropriate location of your component
import SomeComponent from 'src/components/SomeComponent';
// Replace this with the appropriate location of your testing utility
import renderConnected from 'src/test/utils/renderConnected';

describe('<SomeComponent/>', () => {
  let wrapper, getByText;
  const initialState = {
    // ... Add your initial testing state here
  };

  beforeEach(() => {
    const utils = renderConnected(<SomeComponent />, { initialState });
    wrapper = utils.container;
    getByText = utils.getByText;
  });

  it('renders the component', () => {
    expect(wrapper.querySelector('.some-component')).toBeInTheDocument();
  });
});