javascript - How to mock an exported const in jest

Question

I have a file that relies on an exported const variable. This variable is set to true but if ever needed can be set to false manually to prevent some behavior if downstream services request it.

I am not sure how to mock a const variable in Jest so that I can change it's value for testing the true and false conditions.

Example:

//constants module
export const ENABLED = true;

//allowThrough module
import { ENABLED } from './constants';

export function allowThrough(data) {
  return (data && ENABLED === true)
}

// jest test
import { allowThrough } from './allowThrough';
import { ENABLED } from './constants';

describe('allowThrough', () => {
  test('success', () => {
    expect(ENABLED).toBE(true);
    expect(allowThrough({value: 1})).toBe(true);
  });

  test('fail, ENABLED === false', () => {
    //how do I override the value of ENABLED here?

    expect(ENABLED).toBe(false) // won't work because enabled is a const
    expect(allowThrough({value: 1})).toBe(true); //fails because ENABLED is still true
  });
});

Answer 1

This example will work if you compile ES6 modules syntax into ES5, because in the end, all module exports belong to the same object, which can be modified.

import { allowThrough } from './allowThrough';
import { ENABLED } from './constants';
import * as constants from './constants';

describe('allowThrough', () => {
    test('success', () => {
        constants.ENABLED = true;

        expect(ENABLED).toBe(true);
        expect(allowThrough({ value: 1 })).toBe(true);
    });

    test('fail, ENABLED === false', () => {
        constants.ENABLED = false;

        expect(ENABLED).toBe(false);
        expect(allowThrough({ value: 1 })).toBe(false);
    });
});

Alternatively, you can switch to raw commonjs require function, and do it like this with the help of jest.mock(...):

const mockTrue = { ENABLED: true };
const mockFalse = { ENABLED: false };

describe('allowThrough', () => {
    beforeEach(() => {
        jest.resetModules();
    });

    test('success', () => {
        jest.mock('./constants', () => mockTrue)
        const { ENABLED } = require('./constants');
        const { allowThrough } = require('./allowThrough');

        expect(ENABLED).toBe(true);
        expect(allowThrough({ value: 1 })).toBe(true);
    });

    test('fail, ENABLED === false', () => {
        jest.mock('./constants', () => mockFalse)
        const { ENABLED } = require('./constants');
        const { allowThrough } = require('./allowThrough');

        expect(ENABLED).toBe(false);
        expect(allowThrough({ value: 1 })).toBe(false);
    });
});