renderToString.md

renderToString(component {, options}])

• Arguments:

  • {Component} component
  • {Object} options
    • {Object} context
      • {Array<Component|Object>|Component} children
    • {Object} slots
      • {Array<Componet|Object>|Component|String} default
      • {Array<Componet|Object>|Component|String} named
    • {Object} mocks
    • {Object|Array<string>} stubs
    • {Vue} localVue

• Returns: {string}

• Options:

See options

• Usage:

Renders a component to HTML.

renderToString uses vue-server-renderer under the hood, to render a component to HTML.

Without options:

import { renderToString } from '@vue/test-utils'
import { expect } from 'chai'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'

describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const renderedString = renderToString(Foo)
    expect(renderedString).toContain('<div></div>')
  })
})

With Vue options:

import { renderToString } from '@vue/test-utils'
import { expect } from 'chai'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'

describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const renderedString = renderToString(Foo, {
      propsData: {
        color: 'red'
      }
    })
    expect(renderedString).toContain('red')
  })
})

Default and named slots:

import { renderToString } from '@vue/test-utils'
import { expect } from 'chai'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'
import Bar from './Bar.vue'
import FooBar from './FooBar.vue'

describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const renderedString = renderToString(Foo, {
      slots: {
        default: [Bar, FooBar],
        fooBar: FooBar, // Will match <slot name="FooBar" />,
        foo: '<div />'
      }
    })
    expect(renderedString).toContain('<div></div>')
  })
})

Stubbing global properties:

import { renderToString } from '@vue/test-utils'
import { expect } from 'chai'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'

describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const $route = { path: 'http://www.example-path.com' }
    const renderedString = renderToString(Foo, {
      mocks: {
        $route
      }
    })
    expect(renderedString).toContain($route.path)
  })
})