How to spy on an imported function using Sinon?

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Let's say we want to test that a specific function is called by another function using Sinon.

fancyModule.js

export const fancyFunc = () => {
  console.log('fancyFunc')
}

export default const fancyDefault = () => {
  console.log('fancyDefault')
  fancyFunc()
}

fancyModule.test.js

import sinon from 'sinon'
import fancyDefault, { fancyFunc } from '../fancyModule'

describe('fancyModule', () => {
  it('calls fancyFunc', () => {
    const spy = sinon.spy(fancyFunc)
    fancyDefault()
    expect(spy.called).to.be.true
  })
})

When I run this test the actual value is always false. Also, the original function fancyFunc() gets invoked (outputs fancyFunc) instead of being mocked.

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2 Answers

You can change the import style, and import your module as an Object like this

import sinon from 'sinon'
import * as myModule from '../fancyModule'

describe('fancyModule', () => {
  it('calls fancyFunc', () => {
    const spy = sinon.spy(myModule, 'fancyFunc');
    myModule.fancyDefault()
    expect(spy.called).to.be.true
  })
})
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