13 KiB
pretty-format
Stringify any JavaScript value.
- Serialize built-in JavaScript types.
- Serialize application-specific data types with built-in or user-defined plugins.
Installation
$ yarn add pretty-format
Usage
const {format: prettyFormat} = require('pretty-format'); // CommonJS
import {format as prettyFormat} from 'pretty-format'; // ES2015 modules
const val = {object: {}};
val.circularReference = val;
val[Symbol('foo')] = 'foo';
val.map = new Map([['prop', 'value']]);
val.array = [-0, Infinity, NaN];
console.log(prettyFormat(val));
/*
Object {
"array": Array [
-0,
Infinity,
NaN,
],
"circularReference": [Circular],
"map": Map {
"prop" => "value",
},
"object": Object {},
Symbol(foo): "foo",
}
*/
Usage with options
function onClick() {}
console.log(prettyFormat(onClick));
/*
[Function onClick]
*/
const options = {
printFunctionName: false,
};
console.log(prettyFormat(onClick, options));
/*
[Function]
*/
| key | type | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|
callToJSON |
boolean |
true |
call toJSON method (if it exists) on objects |
compareKeys |
function |
undefined |
compare function used when sorting object keys |
escapeRegex |
boolean |
false |
escape special characters in regular expressions |
escapeString |
boolean |
true |
escape special characters in strings |
highlight |
boolean |
false |
highlight syntax with colors in terminal (some plugins) |
indent |
number |
2 |
spaces in each level of indentation |
maxDepth |
number |
Infinity |
levels to print in arrays, objects, elements, and so on |
min |
boolean |
false |
minimize added space: no indentation nor line breaks |
plugins |
array |
[] |
plugins to serialize application-specific data types |
printBasicPrototype |
boolean |
false |
print the prototype for plain objects and arrays |
printFunctionName |
boolean |
true |
include or omit the name of a function |
theme |
object |
colors to highlight syntax in terminal |
Property values of theme are from ansi-styles colors
const DEFAULT_THEME = {
comment: 'gray',
content: 'reset',
prop: 'yellow',
tag: 'cyan',
value: 'green',
};
Usage with plugins
The pretty-format package provides some built-in plugins, including:
ReactElementfor elements fromreactReactTestComponentfor test objects fromreact-test-renderer
// CommonJS
const React = require('react');
const renderer = require('react-test-renderer');
const {format: prettyFormat, plugins} = require('pretty-format');
const {ReactElement, ReactTestComponent} = plugins;
// ES2015 modules and destructuring assignment
import React from 'react';
import renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
import {plugins, format as prettyFormat} from 'pretty-format';
const {ReactElement, ReactTestComponent} = plugins;
const onClick = () => {};
const element = React.createElement('button', {onClick}, 'Hello World');
const formatted1 = prettyFormat(element, {
plugins: [ReactElement],
printFunctionName: false,
});
const formatted2 = prettyFormat(renderer.create(element).toJSON(), {
plugins: [ReactTestComponent],
printFunctionName: false,
});
/*
<button
onClick=[Function]
>
Hello World
</button>
*/
Usage in Jest
For snapshot tests, Jest uses pretty-format with options that include some of its built-in plugins. For this purpose, plugins are also known as snapshot serializers.
To serialize application-specific data types, you can add modules to devDependencies of a project, and then:
In an individual test file, you can add a module as follows. It precedes any modules from Jest configuration.
import serializer from 'my-serializer-module';
expect.addSnapshotSerializer(serializer);
// tests which have `expect(value).toMatchSnapshot()` assertions
For all test files, you can specify modules in Jest configuration. They precede built-in plugins for React, HTML, and Immutable.js data types. For example, in a package.json file:
{
"jest": {
"snapshotSerializers": ["my-serializer-module"]
}
}
Writing plugins
A plugin is a JavaScript object.
If options has a plugins array: for the first plugin whose test(val) method returns a truthy value, then prettyFormat(val, options) returns the result from either:
serialize(val, …)method of the improved interface (available in version 21 or later)print(val, …)method of the original interface (if plugin does not haveserializemethod)
test
Write test so it can receive val argument of any type. To serialize objects which have certain properties, then a guarded expression like val != null && … or more concise val && … prevents the following errors:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'whatever' of nullTypeError: Cannot read property 'whatever' of undefined
For example, test method of built-in ReactElement plugin:
const elementSymbol = Symbol.for('react.element');
const test = val => val && val.$$typeof === elementSymbol;
Pay attention to efficiency in test because pretty-format calls it often.
serialize
The improved interface is available in version 21 or later.
Write serialize to return a string, given the arguments:
valwhich “passed the test”- unchanging
configobject: derived fromoptions - current
indentationstring: concatenate toindentfromconfig - current
depthnumber: compare tomaxDepthfromconfig - current
refsarray: find circular references in objects printercallback function: serialize children
config
| key | type | description |
|---|---|---|
callToJSON |
boolean |
call toJSON method (if it exists) on objects |
compareKeys |
function |
compare function used when sorting object keys |
colors |
Object |
escape codes for colors to highlight syntax |
escapeRegex |
boolean |
escape special characters in regular expressions |
escapeString |
boolean |
escape special characters in strings |
indent |
string |
spaces in each level of indentation |
maxDepth |
number |
levels to print in arrays, objects, elements, and so on |
min |
boolean |
minimize added space: no indentation nor line breaks |
plugins |
array |
plugins to serialize application-specific data types |
printFunctionName |
boolean |
include or omit the name of a function |
spacingInner |
strong |
spacing to separate items in a list |
spacingOuter |
strong |
spacing to enclose a list of items |
Each property of colors in config corresponds to a property of theme in options:
- the key is the same (for example,
tag) - the value in
colorsis a object withopenandcloseproperties whose values are escape codes from ansi-styles for the color value intheme(for example,'cyan')
Some properties in config are derived from min in options:
spacingInnerandspacingOuterare newline ifminisfalsespacingInneris space andspacingOuteris empty string ifministrue
Example of serialize and test
This plugin is a pattern you can apply to serialize composite data types. Side note: pretty-format does not need a plugin to serialize arrays.
// We reused more code when we factored out a function for child items
// that is independent of depth, name, and enclosing punctuation (see below).
const SEPARATOR = ',';
function serializeItems(items, config, indentation, depth, refs, printer) {
if (items.length === 0) {
return '';
}
const indentationItems = indentation + config.indent;
return (
config.spacingOuter +
items
.map(
item =>
indentationItems +
printer(item, config, indentationItems, depth, refs), // callback
)
.join(SEPARATOR + config.spacingInner) +
(config.min ? '' : SEPARATOR) + // following the last item
config.spacingOuter +
indentation
);
}
const plugin = {
test(val) {
return Array.isArray(val);
},
serialize(array, config, indentation, depth, refs, printer) {
const name = array.constructor.name;
return ++depth > config.maxDepth
? '[' + name + ']'
: (config.min ? '' : name + ' ') +
'[' +
serializeItems(array, config, indentation, depth, refs, printer) +
']';
},
};
const val = {
filter: 'completed',
items: [
{
text: 'Write test',
completed: true,
},
{
text: 'Write serialize',
completed: true,
},
],
};
console.log(
prettyFormat(val, {
plugins: [plugin],
}),
);
/*
Object {
"filter": "completed",
"items": Array [
Object {
"completed": true,
"text": "Write test",
},
Object {
"completed": true,
"text": "Write serialize",
},
],
}
*/
console.log(
prettyFormat(val, {
indent: 4,
plugins: [plugin],
}),
);
/*
Object {
"filter": "completed",
"items": Array [
Object {
"completed": true,
"text": "Write test",
},
Object {
"completed": true,
"text": "Write serialize",
},
],
}
*/
console.log(
prettyFormat(val, {
maxDepth: 1,
plugins: [plugin],
}),
);
/*
Object {
"filter": "completed",
"items": [Array],
}
*/
console.log(
prettyFormat(val, {
min: true,
plugins: [plugin],
}),
);
/*
{"filter": "completed", "items": [{"completed": true, "text": "Write test"}, {"completed": true, "text": "Write serialize"}]}
*/
The original interface is adequate for plugins:
- that do not depend on options other than
highlightormin - that do not depend on
depthorrefsin recursive traversal, and - if values either
- do not require indentation, or
- do not occur as children of JavaScript data structures (for example, array)
Write print to return a string, given the arguments:
valwhich “passed the test”- current
printer(valChild)callback function: serialize children - current
indenter(lines)callback function: indent lines at the next level - unchanging
configobject: derived fromoptions - unchanging
colorsobject: derived fromoptions
The 3 properties of config are min in options and:
spacingandedgeSpacingare newline ifminisfalsespacingis space andedgeSpacingis empty string ifministrue
Each property of colors corresponds to a property of theme in options:
- the key is the same (for example,
tag) - the value in
colorsis a object withopenandcloseproperties whose values are escape codes from ansi-styles for the color value intheme(for example,'cyan')
Example of print and test
This plugin prints functions with the number of named arguments excluding rest argument.
const plugin = {
print(val) {
return `[Function ${val.name || 'anonymous'} ${val.length}]`;
},
test(val) {
return typeof val === 'function';
},
};
const val = {
onClick(event) {},
render() {},
};
prettyFormat(val, {
plugins: [plugin],
});
/*
Object {
"onClick": [Function onClick 1],
"render": [Function render 0],
}
*/
prettyFormat(val);
/*
Object {
"onClick": [Function onClick],
"render": [Function render],
}
*/
This plugin ignores the printFunctionName option. That limitation of the original print interface is a reason to use the improved serialize interface, described above.
prettyFormat(val, {
plugins: [pluginOld],
printFunctionName: false,
});
/*
Object {
"onClick": [Function onClick 1],
"render": [Function render 0],
}
*/
prettyFormat(val, {
printFunctionName: false,
});
/*
Object {
"onClick": [Function],
"render": [Function],
}
*/