Get model of route after visiting it in acceptance test - ember.js

Question

I'm trying to write an acceptance test to see if a certain property in the model for the route I visit equals what I am asserting.
I am not outputting information to the page with this route, instead I will be saving some portion of it to localstorage using an ember addon. So normally I realize I could use a find() to find an element on the page and check it's content to determine if the model is being resolved but that won't work for this case.
In the acceptance test I have this setup (using mirage btw)
test('Returns a user', function(assert) {
// Generate a user
var user = server.create('user',{first_name: 'Jordan'});
// Visit the index page with the users short_url
visit('/' + user.short_url);
var route = this.application.__container__.lookup('route:index');
// Assert that the model the user we created by checking the first name we passed in
assert.equal(route.model.first_name,'Jordan','Model returns user with first name Jordan');
});
But when I run the test it shows the result as being undefined
UPDATE:
After trying Daniel Kmak's answer I still cannot get it to pass. This is the route code I am working with
import Ember from 'ember';
import LocalUser from 'bidr/models/user-local';
export default Ember.Route.extend({
localUser: LocalUser.create(),
navigationService: Ember.inject.service('navigation'),
activate() {
this.get('navigationService').set('navigationMenuItems', []);
},
beforeModel() {
this.localUser.clear();
},
model(params) {
var self = this;
return this.store.queryRecord('user',{short_url: params.short_url}).then(function(result){
if(result){
self.set('localUser.user', {
"id": result.get('id'),
"first_name": result.get('first_name'),
"active_auction": result.get('active_auction'),
"phone": result.get('phone')
});
// transition to event page
self.transitionTo('items');
} else {
self.transitionTo('home');
}
});
}
});
And the test looks like this
import Ember from 'ember';
import { module, test } from 'qunit';
import startApp from 'bidr/tests/helpers/start-app';
module('Acceptance | index route', {
beforeEach: function() {
this.application = startApp();
},
afterEach: function() {
Ember.run(this.application, 'destroy');
}
});
test('Returns a user', function(assert) {
var user = server.create('user',{first_name: 'Jordan'});
visit('/' + user.short_url);
var route = this.application.__container__.lookup('route:index');
andThen(function() {
assert.equal(route.get('currentModel.first_name'),'Jordan','Model returns user with first name Jordan');
});
});
All the code works as it should in development.

Answer 1

Ok, so I've experimented with testing in Ember and it seems you should be good with getting model in andThen hook:
test('returns a user', function(assert) {
visit('/'); // visit your route
var route = this.application.__container__.lookup('route:index'); // find your route where you have model function defined
andThen(function() {
console.log(route.get('currentModel')); // your model value is correct here
assert.equal(currentURL(), '/'); // make sure you've transitioned to correct route
});
});
Taking your code it should run just fine:
test('Returns a user', function(assert) {
var user = server.create('user',{first_name: 'Jordan'});
visit('/' + user.short_url);
var route = this.application.__container__.lookup('route:index');
andThen(function() {
assert.equal(route.get('currentModel.first_name'),'Jordan','Model returns user with first name Jordan');
});
});
Another thing to note is that you can access model via route.currentModel property.
For my model:
export default Ember.Route.extend({
model() {
return Ember.RSVP.hash({
simple: 'simpleValue',
promise: Ember.RSVP.resolve(5)
});
}
});
In andThen with console.log(route.get('currentModel')); I got:
Object {simple: "simpleValue", promise: 5}
Logged.