Ember-Data Unit Testing Store - ember.js

Question

What is the best way to test a model's store? I am using ember-data 2.7.0 and would like to test that I can create a model instance and save it to the backend (firebase) successfully.
I have wrapped the var record = store.create and record.save in and Ember.run function but I get You can only unload a record which is not inFlight. `<(subclass of DS.Model):ember227:null>

Answer 1

Lots of way to test this but the one that I prefer is through spying/stubbing using ember-sinon.
Assuming you have this action for creating and saving a record:
import Route from 'ember-route';
export default Route.extend({
actions: {
createAndSaveTheRecord() {
this.store.createRecord('dummy_model', {
id: 'dummy',
name: 'dummy'
}).save();
}
}
});
You can have a test that looks like this:
import sinon from 'sinon';
test('should create a record', function(assert) {
assert.expect(1);
// Arrange
let stub = sinon.stub().returns({save: sinon.stub()});
let route = this.subject({store: {createRecord: stub}});
// Act
route.send('createAndSaveTheRecord');
// Assert
assert.ok(stub.calledWith('dummy_model', {id: 'dummy', name: 'dummy'}));
});
test('should save the created record', function(assert) {
assert.expect(1);
// Arrange
let spy = sinon.spy();
let route = this.subject({
store: {
createRecord: sinon.stub().returns({
save: spy
})
}
});
// Act
route.send('createAndSaveTheRecord');
// Assert
assert.ok(spy.calledOnce);
});