How to initialize IOption<AppSettings> for unit testing a .NET core MVC service?

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I have a .NET core MVC rest service. I have a controller I wish to test. This controller has a constructor argument of IOptions where AppSettings is my class for config settings ( I store my database connection string in it). It gets injected from the setup in ConfigureServices in Startup.cs

The rest service works. My problem is I've set up a MSTest test project to test the service. I can't figure out how to initialize an instance of IOptions to satisfy the constructor of my controller.

You might want to look into a mocking framework like NSubstitute or Moq. This will let you create a mock IOptions object that you can pass into the instance of your controller in the unit tests. — Matt Dalzell
– Matt Dalzell, Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 16:40
@IsThatQueeblo I figured out a simple way to initialize an instance of IOption (i posted an answer) however I also need to mock some headers in the Http request. I imagine those mocking frameworks will provide that as well? — James Wierzba
– James Wierzba, Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 16:44
Possible duplicate of .Net Core Unit Testing - Mock IOptions<T> — Nkosi
– Nkosi, Commented Dec 30, 2016 at 16:54

James Wierzba · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-30 16:42:29Z

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I discovered the answer shortly after posting the question.

use Helper class Microsoft.Extensions.Options.Options

Creates a wrapper around an instance of TOptions to return itself as IOptions

AppSettings appSettings = new AppSettings() { ConnectionString = "..." };
IOptions<AppSettings> options = Options.Create(appSettings);
MyController controller = new MyController(options);

answered Dec 30, 2016 at 16:42

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