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Add some docs on using jest.mock(...) #5648

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Expand Up @@ -127,6 +127,51 @@ dependent component and configuring that, but the technique is the same. In
these cases, try to avoid the temptation to implement logic inside of any
function that's not directly being tested.

## Mocking Modules

Suppose we have a class that fetches users from our API. The class uses
[axios](https://github.com/axios/axios) to call the API then returns the `data`
attribute which contains all the users:

```js
// users.js
import axios from 'axios';

class Users {
static all() {
return axios.get('/users.json').then(resp => resp.data);
}
}

export default Users;
```

Now, in order to test this method without actually hitting the API (and thus
creating slow and fragile tests), we can use the `jest.mock(...)` function to
automatically mock the axios module.

Once we mock the module we can provide a `mockReturnValue` for `.get` that
returns the data we want our test to assert against. In effect, we are saying
that we want axios.get('/users.json') to return a fake response.

```js
// users.test.js
import axios from 'axios';
import Users from './users';

jest.mock('axios');

test('should fetch users', () => {
const resp = {data: [{name: 'Bob'}]};
axios.get.mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(resp));
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FWIW we have a shorthand for it: https://facebook.github.io/jest/docs/en/mock-function-api.html#mockfnmockresolvedvaluevalue

Up to you if you want to use it, but maybe mention it in a comment?

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@SimenB man I'm learning a lot in this PR! Pushed an update to add that!


// or you could use the follwing depending on your use case:
// axios.get.mockImpementation(() => Promise.resolve(resp))

return Users.all().then(users => expect(users).toEqual(resp.data));
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.toEqual(resp.data)) won't work, will it? resp is a promise, so it has no .data

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Yep, @danawoodman this fails as written (we also discussed this here):

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Ugh... doh sorry about that. Let me clean it up again 🤦‍♂️

});
```

## Mock Implementations

Still, there are cases where it's useful to go beyond the ability to specify
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