How to use await on fixture.whenStable in Angular 2 Tests

Question

Though whenStable returns a promise, I'm not allowed to use await.

Below are my tsconfig

"moduleResolution": "node",
"emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"target": "es5",
"typeRoots": [
  "node_modules/@types"
],

I'm using "typescript": "^2.1.5"

it would be nice to have a way to make 'it' func async so we can use await — Julia Passynkova, Apr 21 '17 at 21:54

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

As stated in the error message: 'await' is only allowed within async function. When you want to use await, you have to mark the outer function with async keyword.

// example

const myAsyncFunction = async () => {
   // ... some code
   await fixture.whenStable();
   // ... some code
}

When you mark any function with async keyword it returns a promise. Take a look at this question for better explanation of async/await.

How to use await on fixture.whenStable in Angular 2 Tests

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