How to fix Error: Not implemented: navigation (except hash changes)

Question

I am implementing unit test for a file that contain window.location.href and I need to check it.

My jest version is 22.0.4. Everything is fine when I run my test on node version >=10

But I get this error when I run it on v8.9.3

console.error node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/virtual-console.js:29
      Error: Not implemented: navigation (except hash changes)

I have no idea about it. I have searched on many page to find out the solution or any hint about this to figure out what happened here.

[UPDATE] - I took a look deep to source code and I think this error is from jsdom.

at module.exports (webapp/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/browser/not-implemented.js:9:17)
at navigateFetch (webapp/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/living/window/navigation.js:74:3)

navigation.js file

exports.evaluateJavaScriptURL = (window, urlRecord) => {
  const urlString = whatwgURL.serializeURL(urlRecord);
  const scriptSource = whatwgURL.percentDecode(Buffer.from(urlString)).toString();
  if (window._runScripts === "dangerously") {
    try {
      return window.eval(scriptSource);
    } catch (e) {
      reportException(window, e, urlString);
    }
  }
  return undefined;
};
exports.navigate = (window, newURL, flags) => {
  // This is NOT a spec-compliant implementation of navigation in any way. It implements a few selective steps that
  // are nice for jsdom users, regarding hash changes and JavaScript URLs. Full navigation support is being worked on
  // and will likely require some additional hooks to be implemented.

  const document = idlUtils.implForWrapper(window._document);
  const currentURL = document._URL;

  if (!flags.reloadTriggered && urlEquals(currentURL, newURL, { excludeFragments: true })) {
    if (newURL.fragment !== currentURL.fragment) {
      navigateToFragment(window, newURL, flags);
    }
    return;
  }

  // NOT IMPLEMENTED: Prompt to unload the active document of browsingContext.

  // NOT IMPLEMENTED: form submission algorithm
  // const navigationType = 'other';

  // NOT IMPLEMENTED: if resource is a response...
  if (newURL.scheme === "javascript") {
    window.setTimeout(() => {
      const result = exports.evaluateJavaScriptURL(window, newURL);
      if (typeof result === "string") {
        notImplemented("string results from 'javascript:' URLs", window);
      }
    }, 0);
    return;
  }
  navigateFetch(window);
};

not-implemented.js

module.exports = function (nameForErrorMessage, window) {
  if (!window) {
    // Do nothing for window-less documents.
    return;
  }

  const error = new Error(`Not implemented: ${nameForErrorMessage}`);
  error.type = "not implemented";

  window._virtualConsole.emit("jsdomError", error);
};

I see some weird logics in these file.

1. const scriptSource = whatwgURL.percentDecode(Buffer.from(urlString)).toString();
2. then check string and return error

Answer 1

Alternative version that worked for me with jest only:

let assignMock = jest.fn();

delete window.location;
window.location = { assign: assignMock };

afterEach(() => {
  assignMock.mockClear();
});

Reference: https://remarkablemark.org/blog/2018/11/17/mock-window-location/

Answer 2

Alternate solution: You could mock the location object

const mockResponse = jest.fn();
Object.defineProperty(window, 'location', {
  value: {
    hash: {
      endsWith: mockResponse,
      includes: mockResponse,
    },
    assign: mockResponse,
  },
  writable: true,
});