How to Mock a REST API Server for Testing with Jest & React Testing Library 

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Learn how to mock a Rest API Server for testing with Jest & React Testing Library. In this video, we will mock a REST API Server with MSW and write async unit and integration tests for a Next.js app.
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How to Mock a REST API Server for Testing with Jest & React Testing Library
(00:00) Intro
(00:14) Welcome
(00:38) Prerequisites & Starter Code
(01:00) Lesson Goal
(01:07) Adding Dependencies
(02:39) Mock REST API Server Setup
(08:57) Async Unit Testing
(13:38) Modify the Server Response for a test
(16:18) Completing the Mock Endpoint handlers
(19:02) Completing the CRUD Unit Tests
(23:18) Adding the Async CRUD functions to the app
(30:11) Adding New & Updating Integration Tests
(41:14) Unit Test Update
(43:27) Wrap-up
📚 Tutorial References:
🔗 Next.js Official Site: nextjs.org/
🔗 React Testing Library: testing-library.com/docs/reac...
🔗 Jest: jestjs.io/
🔗 TypeScript: www.typescriptlang.org/
🔗 MSW: mswjs.io/
🔗 MSW on npm: www.npmjs.com/package/msw
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