How can I test a custom DelegatingHandler in the ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API?

Question

I\'ve seen this question come up in a few places, and not seen any great answers. As I\'ve had to do this myself a few times, I thought I\'d post my solution. If you have an

Answer 1

I also found this answer because i have my custom handler and i want to test it We are using NUnit and Moq, so i think my solution can be helpful for someone

    using Moq;
    using Moq.Protected;
    using NUnit.Framework;
namespace Unit.Tests
{
    [TestFixture]
    public sealed class Tests1
    {
        private HttpClient _client;
        private HttpRequestMessage _httpRequest;
        private Mock _testHandler;

        private MyCustomHandler _subject;//MyCustomHandler inherits DelegatingHandler

        [SetUp]
        public void Setup()
        {
            _httpRequest = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "/someurl");
            _testHandler = new Mock();

            _subject = new MyCustomHandler // create subject
            {
                InnerHandler = _testHandler.Object //initialize InnerHandler with our mock
            };

            _client = new HttpClient(_subject)
            {
                BaseAddress = new Uri("http://localhost")
            };
        }

        [Test]
        public async Task Given_1()
        {
            var mockedResult = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.Accepted);

            void AssertThatRequestCorrect(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken token)
            {
                Assert.That(request, Is.SameAs(_httpRequest));
                //... Other asserts
            }

            // setup protected SendAsync 
            // our MyCustomHandler will call SendAsync internally, and we want to check this call
            _testHandler
                .Protected()
                .Setup>("SendAsync", _httpRequest, ItExpr.IsAny())
                .Callback(
                    (Action)AssertThatRequestCorrect)
                .ReturnsAsync(mockedResult);

            //Act
            var actualResponse = await _client.SendAsync(_httpRequest);

            //check that internal call to SendAsync was only Once and with proper request object
            _testHandler
                .Protected()
                .Verify("SendAsync", Times.Once(), _httpRequest, ItExpr.IsAny());

            // if our custom handler modifies somehow our response we can check it here
            Assert.That(actualResponse.IsSuccessStatusCode, Is.True);
            Assert.That(actualResponse, Is.EqualTo(mockedResult));
            //...Other asserts
        }
    }
}