# shallowMount()

• Arguments:

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

• Returns: {Wrapper}

• Options:

See options

• Usage:

Like mount , it creates a Wrapper that contains the mounted and rendered Vue component, but with stubbed child components.

Without options:

import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'
describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const wrapper = shallowMount(Foo)
    expect(wrapper.contains('div')).toBe(true)

With Vue options:

import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'
describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const wrapper = shallowMount(Foo, {
      propsData: {
        color: 'red'
    expect(wrapper.props().color).toBe('red')

Attach to DOM:

import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'
describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const div = document.createElement('div')
    document.body.appendChild(div)
    const wrapper = shallowMount(Foo, {
      attachTo: div
    expect(wrapper.contains('div')).toBe(true)
    wrapper.destroy()

Default and named slots:

import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'
import Bar from './Bar.vue'
import FooBar from './FooBar.vue'
describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const wrapper = shallowMount(Foo, {
      slots: {
        default: [Bar, FooBar],
        fooBar: FooBar, // Will match <slot name="FooBar" />,
        foo: '<div />'
    expect(wrapper.contains('div')).toBe(true)

Stubbing global properties:

import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils'
import Foo from './Foo.vue'
describe('Foo', () => {
  it('renders a div', () => {
    const $route = { path: 'http://www.example-path.com' }
    const wrapper = shallowMount(Foo, {
      mocks: {
        $route
    expect(wrapper.vm.$route.path).toBe($route.path)