Example unit tests for Backbone.js model

video.js

describe( "Video model", function(){

	var MOCK_GET_DATA = {
		channelName: "tgndeveloperedu",
		commentCount: 0,
		defaultOrder: 0,
		dislikeCount: 0,
		facebookCount: "0",
		googleCount: "0",
		likeCount: 0,
		optimized: false,
		originalSrc: null,
		overlaySrc: null,
		pinterestCount: "0",
		published: "2013-10-08 13:58:28",
		revenue: 0,
		schedulerPublishDate: null,
		schedulerSelectedTz: null,
		schedulerStatus: null,
		selectedThumbnailSrc: null,
		smallOriginalSrc: null,
		status: "private",
		subscribersGained: 0,
		thumbnailOptimized: false,
		thumbnailPublishDate: false,
		thumbnailsAvailable: false,
		title: "sample_iPod 2.m4v",
		twitterCount: "0",
		updatedThumbnailSrc: null,
		updatedThumbnailUploaded: null,
		uploadedThumbnailSrc: null,
		videoId: "7O_vD_3Qmss",
		videoUploaderStatus: "8",
		viewCount: 0,
		watchTime: 0
	};

	var MOCK_POST_DATA = {
		success: true
	};

	describe( "when it fetches", function(){
		
		var model;
		var spy;

		beforeEach( function(){
			//spy = sinon.spy( jQuery, "ajax" );
			model = new VideoModel({videoId: '7O_vD_3Qmss'});

			this.server = sinon.fakeServer.create();
			this.server.respondWith(
				"GET",
				"/api/video/7O_vD_3Qmss",
				[
					200,
					{ "Content-Type": "application/json" },
					JSON.stringify( MOCK_GET_DATA )
				]
			);
			model.fetch();
			this.server.respond();
		});


		afterEach( function(){
			//jQuery.ajax.restore();
			model = null;
			spy = null;

			this.server.restore();
		});
		
		it('should be able to parse mocked service response', function(){
			expect(_.isEmpty(model.attributes)).to.equal(false);
			expect( model.get('channelName') ).to.equal( MOCK_GET_DATA.channelName );
			expect( model.get('published') ).to.equal( MOCK_GET_DATA.published );
		});
	});
	
	
});