angularjs route unit testing

Why not just assert the route object is configured correctly?

it('should map routes to controllers', function() {  module('phonecat');  inject(function($route) {    expect($route.routes['/phones'].controller).toBe('PhoneListCtrl');    expect($route.routes['/phones'].templateUrl).      toEqual('partials/phone-list.html');    expect($route.routes['/phones/:phoneId'].templateUrl).      toEqual('partials/phone-detail.html');    expect($route.routes['/phones/:phoneId'].controller).      toEqual('PhoneDetailCtrl');    // otherwise redirect to    expect($route.routes[null].redirectTo).toEqual('/phones')  });});

I think you should be able to test the $routeProvider like this:

angular.module('phonecat', []).  config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider) {  $routeProvider.      when('/phones', {templateUrl: 'partials/phone-list.html',   controller: PhoneListCtrl}).      when('/phones/:phoneId', {templateUrl: 'partials/phone-detail.html', controller: PhoneDetailCtrl}).      otherwise({redirectTo: '/phones'});}]);it('should test routeProvider', function() {  module('phonecat');  inject(function($route, $location, $rootScope) {    expect($route.current).toBeUndefined();    $location.path('/phones/1');    $rootScope.$digest();    expect($route.current.templateUrl).toBe('partials/phone-detail.html');    expect($route.current.controller).toBe(PhoneDetailCtrl);    $location.path('/otherwise');    $rootScope.$digest();    expect($location.path()).toBe('/phones/');    expect($route.current.templateUrl).toEqual('partials/phone-list.html');    expect($route.current.controller).toBe(PhoneListCtrl);  });}); 

Combining the two previous answers, if you want to test the router as a black box that is successfully routing where it should (not the controller ets configs in themselves), whatever the routes might be:

// assuming the usual inject beforeEach for $route etc.var expected = {};it('should call the right controller for /phones route', function () {     expected.controller = $route.routes['/phones'].controller;    $location.path('/phones');    $rootScope.$digest();    expect($route.current.controller).toBe(expected.controller);});it('should redirect to redirectUrl from any other route', function () {    expected.path = $route.routes[null].redirectTo;    $location.path('/wherever-wrong');    $rootScope.$digest();    expect($location.path()).toBe(expected.path);});