Jest error when set or assign window.location

Question

Upgraded Jest library on v25 and all unit tests that were checking location change are failing.

I checked a couple of issues opened on jest repo but I didn't actually understood how can this be fixed.

The code that calls location.assign breaks with following error:

Error: Not implemented: navigation (except hash changes)

      69 |     // window.location.href = url;
    > 70 |     window.location.assign(url);

I suppose that Jest jsdom window object shouldn't be treated anymore like a real browser window in regards to changing the location.

Any suggestion?

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I will add my findings here:

• Navigation in the tests doesn't work. All these methods that work in browser are not implemented in the JSDom window:
  • window.location.href = "https://myapp.com"
  • window.location.assign("https://myapp.com")
  • window.location.replace("https://myapp.com")
  • Object.defineProperty(window.location, "href", { writable: true, value: currentUrl }); window.location has been set as Unforgeable

To fix failing tests I used:

1. window.history.pushState({}, "title", "/testJest");

2. delete window.location; window.location = { assign: jest.fn() };

   it("should navigate to the new URL", () => { const myUrl = "http://some.url"; expect(window.location.assign).toHaveBeenCalledWith(myUrl); });

Answer 1

Just add the following code in your test file.

  Object.defineProperty(window, 'location', {
    writable: true,
    value: { assign: jest.fn() }
  });

Answer 2

Following worked for me:

    window.history.replaceState({}, "", decodeURIComponent(url));

happy coding :)