I am working in a .Net Core API. I wish to unit test the GetArtists method on the ArtistsController.
CODE
Here is my controller code:
[Route("artists")]
public class ArtistsController : Controller
{
private readonly IPermissionsService _permissionsService;
private readonly IArtistsService _artistsService;
private readonly ILogger<ArtistsController> _logger;
public ArtistsController(IPermissionsService permissionsService, IArtistsService artistsService, ILogger<ArtistsController> logger)
{
_permissionsService = permissionsService ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(permissionsService));
_artistsService = artistsService ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(artistsService));
_logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
}
[HttpGet]
public async Task<IActionResult> GetArtists()
{
var permissions = await _permissionsService.GetPermissionsAsync(HttpContext);
var artists = _artistsService.GetAllArtists(permissions.UserId, permissions.IsAdministrator);
return Ok( new { artists });
}
}
And here is the test method I am writing:
[TestClass]
public class ArtistsControllerTests
{
private readonly Mock<IPermissionsService> _mockPermissionsService = new Mock<IPermissionsService>();
private readonly Mock<IArtistsService> _mockArtistsService = new Mock<IArtistsService>();
private readonly Mock<ILogger<ArtistsController>> _mockLogger = new Mock<ILogger<ArtistsController>>();
public void Setup()
{
_mockArtistsService.Reset();
_mockPermissionsService
.Setup(service => service.GetPermissionsAsync(It.IsAny<HttpContext>()))
.Returns(Task.FromResult(new Permissions { UserId = "112233", IsAdministrator = false }));
_mockArtistsService.Setup(service => service.GetAllArtists(It.IsAny<string>(), false)).Returns(new ArtistCardDtoCollection());
}
[TestMethod]
public async Task GetArtists_ReturnsOKStatusCode()
{
// arrange
var artistsController = new ArtistsController(_mockPermissionsService.Object, _mockArtistsService.Object, _mockLogger.Object);
// act
var getArtistsResult = await artistsController.GetArtists();
var okResult = getArtistsResult as OkObjectResult;
// assert
Assert.IsInstanceOfType(okResult, typeof(OkObjectResult));
}
}
Here is the IPermissionsService and the Permissions class.
public interface IPermissionsService
{
Task<Permissions> GetPermissionsAsync(HttpContext httpContext);
}
public class Permissions
{
public string UserId { get; set; }
public bool IsAdministrator { get; set; }
}
When I run that, I get the following error:
Project.ArtistsControllerTests.GetArtists_ReturnsOKStatusCode threw exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
When debugging, I found out that var permissions = await _permissionsService.GetPermissionsAsync(HttpContext); returns null.
I must have an issue with the way I am mocking that:
_mockPermissionsService
.Setup(service => service.GetPermissionsAsync(It.IsAny<HttpContext>()))
Why wouldn't the above work?
