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Paula T
Paula T

Reputation: 1598

Jest: Expect getByRole element to be missing, but the test fails with TestingLibraryElementError

I have a test where I use getByRole to verify that an element exists in the page. However, I have another test where I expect the element to be missing. I thought this would be pretty straightforward using the .not syntax, but when I try I get an error.

Things I've tried:

expect(getByRole('timestamp')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
expect(getByRole('timestamp')).toBeNull;
expect(getByRole('timestamp')).toThrowError();
... and more...

The error I get:

TestingLibraryElementError: Unable to find an accessible element with the role "timestamp"

How can I verify that an element with a given role isn't present in the document?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 3426

Answers (1)

Paula T
Paula T

Reputation: 1598

Thanks to this blog post, I found out that you can use queryByRole instead of getByRole to test for cases where you expect the element to be missing.

The final version looks like this:

expect(queryByRole('timestamp')).not.toBeInTheDocument();

Upvotes: 6

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