I'm working in the fontend side, and testing my library, I receive an error that I expect but I cannot make an assertion. I have the next code:

it('If the username is not entered, I get an error', () => {
    try {
      new SDK('test', {
        password: 'aaaabbbbcccc',
        key: 'ddddeeefff',
      });
    } catch (error) {
      expect(error).toThrow(
        `Error: The 'username' property has not been entered`
      );
    }
  });

As you can see, for the authentication of my library, I need: username, password and key. This is the error that I get:

Thank you!

I'm working in the fontend side, and testing my library, I receive an error that I expect but I cannot make an assertion. I have the next code:

it('If the username is not entered, I get an error', () => {
    try {
      new SDK('test', {
        password: 'aaaabbbbcccc',
        key: 'ddddeeefff',
      });
    } catch (error) {
      expect(error).toThrow(
        `Error: The 'username' property has not been entered`
      );
    }
  });

As you can see, for the authentication of my library, I need: username, password and key. This is the error that I get:

Thank you!

• javascript
• jestjs
• throw
• matcher

1 Answer 1

I found my problem. It was necessary for the "expect" to catch the exception and then use the appropriate matcher (without try/catch block)

it('If the username is not entered, I get an error', () => {
  expect(() => {
    new SDK('test', {
      password: 'aaaabbbbcccc',
      key: 'ddddeeefff',
    });
  }).toThrowError(`The 'username' property has not been entered`);
});