next-router-mock
An implementation of the Next.js Router that keeps the state of the "URL" in memory (does not read or write to the
address bar). Useful in tests and Storybook.
Inspired by react-router > MemoryRouter
.
Tested with NextJS v13, v12, v11, and v10.
Install via NPM: npm install --save-dev next-router-mock
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next/link
For unit tests, the next-router-mock
module can be used as a drop-in replacement for next/router
:
jest.mock('next/router', () => require('next-router-mock'));
You can do this once per spec file, or you can do this globally using setupFilesAfterEnv
.
In your tests, use the router from next-router-mock
to set the current URL and to make assertions.
import { useRouter } from 'next/router';
import { render, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
import mockRouter from 'next-router-mock';
jest.mock('next/router', () => jest.requireActual('next-router-mock'))
const ExampleComponent = ({ href = '' }) => {
const router = useRouter();
return (
<button onClick={() => router.push(href)}>
The current route is: "{router.asPath}"
</button>
);
}
describe('next-router-mock', () => {
it('mocks the useRouter hook', () => {
// Set the initial url:
mockRouter.push("/initial-path");
// Render the component:
render(<ExampleComponent href="https://github.com/scottrippey/next-router-mock/blob/main/foo?bar=baz" />);
expect(screen.getByRole('button')).toHaveText(
'The current route is: "/initial-path"'
);
// Click the button:
fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button'));
// Ensure the router was updated:
expect(mockRouter).toMatchObject({
asPath: "/foo?bar=baz",
pathname: "/foo",
query: { bar: "baz" },
});
});
});
Globally enable next-router-mock
by adding the following webpack alias to your Storybook configuration.
In .storybook/main.js
add:
module.exports = {
webpackFinal: async (config, { configType }) => {
config.resolve.alias = {
...config.resolve.alias,
"next/router": "next-router-mock",
};
return config;
},
};
This ensures that all your components that use useRouter
will work in Storybook. If you also need to test next/link
, please see the section Example: next/link
with Storybook.
In your individual stories, you might want to mock the current URL (eg. for testing an "ActiveLink" component), or you might want to log push/replace
actions. You can do this by wrapping your stories with the <MemoryRouterProvider>
component.
// ActiveLink.story.jsx
import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
import { MemoryRouterProvider }
from 'next-router-mock/MemoryRouterProvider/next-13';
import { ActiveLink } from './active-link';
export const ExampleStory = () => (
<MemoryRouterProvider url="/active" onPush={action("router.push")}>
<ActiveLink href="https://github.com/scottrippey/next-router-mock/blob/main/example">Not Active</ActiveLink>
<ActiveLink href="https://github.com/scottrippey/next-router-mock/blob/main/active">Active</ActiveLink>
</MemoryRouterProvider>
);
Be sure to import from a matching Next.js version:
import { MemoryRouterProvider } from 'next-router-mock/MemoryRouterProvider/next-13.5';
Choose from
next-13.5
,next-13
,next-12
, ornext-11
.
The MemoryRouterProvider
has the following optional properties:
url
(string
or object
) sets the current route's URLasync
enables async mode, if necessary (see "Sync vs Async" for details)onPush(url, { shallow })
onReplace(url, { shallow })
onRouteChangeStart(url, { shallow })
onRouteChangeComplete(url, { shallow })
next/link
To use next-router-mock
with next/link
, you must use a <MemoryRouterProvider>
to wrap the test component.
next/link
with React Testing LibraryWhen rendering, simply supply the option { wrapper: MemoryRouterProvider }
import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
import NextLink from 'next/link';
import mockRouter from 'next-router-mock';
import { MemoryRouterProvider } from 'next-router-mock/MemoryRouterProvider';
it('NextLink can be rendered', () => {
render(
<NextLink href="https://github.com/scottrippey/next-router-mock/blob/main/example">Example Link</NextLink>,
{ wrapper: MemoryRouterProvider }
);
fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Example Link'));
expect(mockRouter.asPath).toEqual('/example')
});
next/link
with EnzymeWhen rendering, simply supply the option { wrapperComponent: MemoryRouterProvider }
import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
import NextLink from 'next/link';
import mockRouter from 'next-router-mock';
import { MemoryRouterProvider } from 'next-router-mock/MemoryRouterProvider';
it('NextLink can be rendered', () => {
const wrapper = shallow(
<NextLink href="https://github.com/scottrippey/next-router-mock/blob/main/example">Example Link</NextLink>,
{ wrapperComponent: MemoryRouterProvider }
);
wrapper.find('a').simulate('click');
expect(mockRouter.asPath).to.equal('/example')
});
next/link
with StorybookIn Storybook, you must wrap your component with the <MemoryRouterProvider>
component (with optional url
set).
// example.story.jsx
import NextLink from 'next/link';
import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
import { MemoryRouterProvider } from 'next-router-mock/MemoryRouterProvider/next-13.5';
export const ExampleStory = () => (
<MemoryRouterProvider url="/initial">
<NextLink href="https://github.com/scottrippey/next-router-mock/blob/main/example">Example Link</NextLink>
</MemoryRouterProvider>
);
This can be done inline (as above).
It can also be implemented as a decorator
, which can be per-Story, per-Component, or Global (see Storybook Decorators Documentation for details).
Global example:
// .storybook/preview.js
import { MemoryRouterProvider } from 'next-router-mock/MemoryRouterProvider';
export const decorators = [
(Story) => <MemoryRouterProvider><Story /></MemoryRouterProvider>
];
By default, next-router-mock
does not know about your dynamic routes (eg. files like /pages/[id].js
).
To test code that uses dynamic routes, you must add the routes manually, like so:
import mockRouter from "next-router-mock";
import { createDynamicRouteParser } from "next-router-mock/dynamic-routes";
mockRouter.useParser(createDynamicRouteParser([
// These paths should match those found in the `/pages` folder:
"/[id]",
"/static/path",
"/[dynamic]/path",
"/[...catchAll]/path"
]));
// Example test:
it('should parse dynamic routes', () => {
mockRouter.push('/FOO');
expect(mockRouter).toMatchObject({
pathname: '/[id]',
query: { id: 'FOO' }
});
})
By default, next-router-mock
handles route changes synchronously. This is convenient for testing, and works for most
use-cases.
However, Next normally handles route changes asynchronously, and in certain cases you might actually rely on that
behavior. If that's the case, you can use next-router-mock/async
. Tests will need to account for the async behavior
too; for example:
it('next/link can be tested too', async () => {
render(<NextLink href="https://github.com/scottrippey/next-router-mock/blob/main/example?foo=bar"><a>Example Link</a></NextLink>);
fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Example Link'));
await waitFor(() => {
expect(singletonRouter).toMatchObject({
asPath: '/example?foo=bar',
pathname: '/example',
query: { foo: 'bar' },
});
});
});
useRouter()
withRouter(Component)
router.push(url, as?, options?)
router.replace(url, as?, options?)
router.route
router.pathname
router.asPath
router.query
next/link
(see Jest notes)router.events
supports:
routeChangeStart(url, { shallow })
routeChangeComplete(url, { shallow })
hashChangeStart(url, { shallow })
hashChangeComplete(url, { shallow })
PRs welcome!
These fields just have default values; these methods do nothing.
router.isReady
router.basePath
router.isFallback
router.isLocaleDomain
router.locale
router.locales
router.defaultLocale
router.domainLocales
router.prefetch()
router.back()
router.beforePopState(cb)
router.reload()
router.events
not implemented:
routeChangeError
beforeHistoryChange