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# Setting up AVA for browser testing
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Translations: [Español](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/es_ES/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md), [Français](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/fr_FR/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md), [Italiano](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/it_IT/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md), [Русский](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/ru_RU/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md), [简体中文](https://github.com/avajs/ava-docs/blob/main/zh_CN/docs/recipes/browser-testing.md)
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AVA is running in a __Node.js__ environment. JavaScript that runs in a browser will likely expect the browser DOM globals to be in place.
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With help from a package called [jsdom](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom),
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you can write unit tests with `ava` also for JavaScript that will run in a browser
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and relying on browser specific globals such as `window`, `document` and `navigator`.
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AVA does not support running tests in browsers [yet](https://github.com/avajs/ava/issues/24). However JavaScript libraries that require browser specific globals (`window`, `document`, `navigator`, etc) can still be tested with AVA by mocking these globals.
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## Install jsdom
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This recipe works for any library that needs a mocked browser environment.
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## Install browser-env
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> **❗️ Important note**
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>`browser-env` adds properties from the `jsdom` window namespace to the Node.js global namespace. This is explicitly [recommended against](https://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom/wiki/Don't-stuff-jsdom-globals-onto-the-Node-global) by `jsdom`. Please read through the linked wiki page and make sure you understand the caveats. If you don't have lots of dependencies that also require a browser environment then [`window`](https://github.com/lukechilds/window#universal-testing-pattern) may be a better solution.
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Install [browser-env](https://github.com/lukechilds/browser-env).
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> Simulates a global browser environment using jsdom.
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```
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$ npm install --save-dev browser-env
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```bash
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npm install --save-dev jsdom
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## Setup browser-env
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Create a helper file, prefixed with an underscore. This ensures AVA does not treat it as a test.
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## Writing unit tests
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`test/_setup-browser-env.js`:
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Use `jsdom` to set the globals and the DOM elements that the test target is expecting.
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import browserEnv from 'browser-env';
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browserEnv();
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By default, `browser-env` will add all global browser variables to the Node.js global scope, creating a full browser environment. This should have good compatibility with most front-end libraries, however, it's generally not a good idea to create lots of global variables if you don't need to. If you know exactly which browser globals you need, you can pass an array of them.
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### An example Unit Test
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The JavaScript code to be tested is doing a DOM query, such as: `document.querySelector('#my-element-id')`.
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```js
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import browserEnv from 'browser-env';
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browserEnv(['window', 'document', 'navigator']);
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```
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You can expose more global variables by assigning them to the `global` object. For instance, jQuery is typically available through the `$` variable:
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import jQuery from 'jquery';
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global.$ = jQuery(window);
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## Configure tests to use browser-env
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**`package.json`:**
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```json
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"ava": {
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"./test/_setup-browser-env.js"
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## Enjoy!
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Write your tests and enjoy a mocked browser environment.
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`test.js`:
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To make the code testable with `ava`, add the element to `jsdom` and set the global object.
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import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom';
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test('Insert to DOM', t => {
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const div = document.createElement('div');
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test.before(() => {
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const dom = new JSDOM('<div id="my-element-id" />'); // insert any html needed for the unit test suite here
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global.document = dom.window.document; // add the globals needed for the unit tests in this suite.
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});
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test('this is an example', (t) => {
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const res = myTarget.runFunctionThatExpectsTheDocumentGlobalAndElement();
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t.truthy(res);
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## Important note
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In general, adding globals to the `Node.js` environment is [recommended against](https://github.com/jsdom/jsdom/wiki/Don't-stuff-jsdom-globals-onto-the-Node-global) by `jsdom`.
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Please read through the linked wiki page and make sure you understand why.

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