stepchud

stepchud

I have a problem testing my LiveView that is similar to this post, except that I’m not broadcasting messages via PubSub. In my case, I have a :live_component that renders a button and handles the phx-click event. The handle_event looks like this:

  def handle_event("next-step", _params, socket) do
    IO.puts("clicked next")
    send(self(), {__MODULE__, :go_to_step, 1})
    {:noreply, socket}
  end

the handle_info(:go_to_step, 1) is defined in the parent :live_view of the live component:

  def handle_info({_component, :go_to_step, step_index}, socket) do
    IO.puts("handle go_to_step")
    socket = socket
    |> assign(:current_step, Enum.at(socket.assigns.wizard.steps, step_index))
    {:noreply, socket}
  end

I want to test that clicking the button renders the next step. the IO.puts show my test is properly clicking the button and the handle_info function is reached, so the send() is being received (also the feature works in the browser). However my test assertion fails because the view still shows the original :live_component content and not the one that should be rendered after handle_info finishes. The LiveViewTest:

describe "starts first step" do
  test "clicking Begin button goes to first step", %{conn: conn} do
    {:ok, view, _html} = live(conn, "/wizard")
    assert view
      |> element("button", "Begin")
      |> render_click() =~ "<h1>The Aim</h1>"
  end
end

Any idea how I can get the test process to assert the rendered state at the end of that handle_info()?

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JonRowe

JonRowe

Given you send a message to yourself during the event handler, the result of “that” render doesn’t change, as you’ve observed, you can always request a render from the view in tests with render(view), which in this case is probably the go.

There is a chance of a race condition in such a rest (click → render then requiring a sleep) but I don’t think in this case it will cause an issue, as the view should process the handle_event message, then the handle_info message, before being free to handle any others (and I believe render(view) requires a message on the view).

stepchud

stepchud OP

That fixed it, and the test is pretty simple still. Thanks again for the help!

  test "clicking Begin button goes to the first step", %{conn: conn} do
    {:ok, view, _html} = live(conn, "/wizard")
    view
    |> element("button", "Begin")
    |> render_click()
    assert render(view) =~ "<h1>First Step</h1>"
  end
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