Testing

How to test your Nuxt application.

In Nuxt 3, we have a rewritten version of @nuxt/test-utils. We support Vitest and Jest as test runners.

Installation

yarn add --dev @nuxt/test-utils vitest

Setup

In each describe block where you are taking advantage of the @nuxt/test-utils helper methods, you will need to set up the test context before beginning.

import { describe, test } from 'vitest'
import { setup, $fetch } from '@nuxt/test-utils'
describe('My test', async () => {
  await setup({
    // test context options
  })
  test('my test', () => {
    // ...
  })
})

Behind the scenes, setup performs a number of tasks in beforeAll, beforeEach, afterEach and afterAll to set up the Nuxt test environment correctly.

Options

Nuxt Configuration

rootDir

Path to a directory with a Nuxt app to be put under test.

• Type: string
• Default: '.'

configFile

Name of the configuration file.

• Type: string
• Default: 'nuxt.config'

Setup Timings

setupTimeout

The amount of time (in milliseconds) to allow for setupTest to complete its work (which could include building or generating files for a Nuxt application, depending on the options that are passed).

• Type: number
• Default: 60000

Features to Enable

server

Whether to launch a server to respond to requests in the test suite.

• Type: boolean
• Default: true

build

Whether to run a separate build step.

• Type: boolean
• Default: true (false if browser or server is disabled)

browser

Under the hood, Nuxt test utils uses playwright to carry out browser testing. If this option is set, a browser will be launched and can be controlled in the subsequent test suite. (More info can be found here.)

• Type: boolean
• Default: false

browserOptions

• Type: object with the following properties
  • type: The type of browser to launch - either chromium, firefox or webkit
  • launch: object of options that will be passed to playwright when launching the browser. See full API reference.

runner

Specify the runner for the test suite. Currently, Vitest is recommended.

• Type: 'vitest' | 'jest'
• Default: 'vitest'

APIs

APIs for Rendering Testing

$fetch(url)

Get the HTML of a server-rendered page.

import { $fetch } from '@nuxt/test-utils'
const html = await $fetch('/')

fetch(url)

Get the response of a server-rendered page.

import { fetch } from '@nuxt/test-utils'
const res = await fetch('/')
const { body, headers } = res

url(path)

Get the full URL for a given page (including the port the test server is running on.)

import { url } from '@nuxt/test-utils'
const pageUrl = url('/page')
// 'http://localhost:6840/page'

Testing in a Browser