I'm trying to accomplish a Jasmine test (using Karma and IntelliJ 13) to validate JSON files. Ideally, my test would simply load a JSON file into a data object, then let me parse through to check for valid formatting and data. I don't need to validate functions before or after, nor do I need to test against a server.
My basic setup is like this:
it(should load an external file, function(){
var asyncCallComplete, result,
_this = this;
// asyncCallComplete is set to true when the ajax call is complete
asyncCallComplete = false;
// result stores the result of the successful ajax call
result = null;
// SECTION 1 - call asynchronous function
runs(function() {
return $.ajax('/test/config.json', {
type: 'GET',
success: function(data) {
asyncCallComplete = true;
result = data;
},
error: function() {
asyncCallComplete = true;
}
});
});
// SECTION 2 - wait for the asynchronous call to complete
waitsFor(function() {
return asyncCallComplete !== false;
}, async to complete);
// SECTION 3 - perform tests
return runs(function() {
return expect(result).not.toBeNull();
});
}
The problem is that no matter what path I use, I get a 404 error and the file won't load. I've tried loading an external JSON result from a remote server using this test service:
And this works.
My test file is named /test/mySpec.js and my karma.conf.js file is on the root. I have moved around the JSON file to all of these locations with no luck. What am I doing wrong?
UPDATE WITH ANSWER:
Per the answer below, I added this to my karma.conf.js:
// fixtures
{ pattern: 'test/*.json',
watched: true,
served: true,
included: false
}
Then, I wrote my test this way:
var json:any;
it(should load a fixture, function () {
jasmine.getFixtures().fixturesPath = base/test/
var f = readFixtures(registration.json);
json = JSON.parse(f);
expect(json).toBeDefined();
})
it(should have a title, function () {
expect(json.title).toNotBe(null);
})
etc...
And it passes.
