How to stub aws-sdk

Question

Lets say I have the following

// file sample.js

var aws = require('aws-sdk');

var dynamoDB = new aws.DynamoDB();



exports.processData = function(){

  var data = dynamoDB.getItem(params);

  // so something with data

};

How can I write unit tests for the above code sample.

//file sample_test.js

var aws = require('aws-sdk');

var sinon = require('sinon');



// the following code doesnt seem to stub the function

// the actual function is still used in sample.js

var getItemStub = sinon.stub();

aws.DynamoDB.prototype.getItem = getItemStub;



var sample = require('./sample');

What will be a good way to stub the aws-sdk api. I was thinking of using SinonJS to achieve it, but I am open to other libraries and suggestions .

Answer 1

MY current solution is to expose a function in sample.js like shown below.

function overRide(data) {
  dynamoDB = data.dynamoDB;
}

if(process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
  exports.overRide = overRide;
}

Now in my test case I can do the following which will stub the aws api.

//file sample_test.js
var aws = require('aws-sdk');
var sinon = require('sinon');
var sample = require('./sample');

var ddb = new aws.DynamoDB();
ddb.getItem = sinon.stub();

sample.overRideAWS({dynamoDB: ddb});

How to stub aws-sdk

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