Protractor, mocking backend with angular2 on api request

Question

I could use some help to find a solution for my problem. I need to mock some data to my angular2 application when it makes a request to an api, I need to do something like:<

Answer 1

Protractor does not yet support adding mock modules for Angular 2 applications:

// TODO: support mock modules in Angular2. For now, error if someone
// has tried to use one.
if (self.mockModules_.length > 1) {
  deferred.reject('Trying to load mock modules on an Angular2 app ' +
      'is not yet supported.');
}

And, I've also created a github issue for the TODO to draw attention:

• Support adding mock modules to Angular 2 applications

This, by the way, also means that protractor-http-mock is not gonna work since it relies on addMockModule internally. I've personally tried protractor-http-mock on a sample Angular2 application, got:

Failed: Trying to load mock modules on an Angular2 app is not yet supported.

Same is true for the http-backend-proxy and httpbackend packages.

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I guess, while the issue is not yet fixed, you should consider firing up a proxy that would act as a sort of a "external mock" to your API backend, haven't done that personally, see more at:

• Running AngularJS Protractor with proxy to https
• Mocking and Stubbing with protractor