• API Overview
• Package Entry Point
• Queries
  • within(root)
  • Shadow and slot helpers
• Event dispatch
• Async waiting
• Types
• Errors

API Overview

Symbol	Purpose	Execution mode	Common gotcha
within	Creates scoped query API	Sync	Required get* methods throw AssayQueryError
queryInShadow / queryPart / getSlotted	Crosses custom-element boundaries	Sync	Open shadow roots are required
fire* / dispatch	Dispatches platform event instances	Sync	Does not reproduce browser default behavior
waitUntil / retry / waitForEvent	Waits for conditions, assertions, or events	Async	Use a signal or timeout for bounded waits
delay / nextTick	Schedules timers or microtasks	Async	Prefer nextTick() for microtask-scheduled work

Package Entry Point

Import	Purpose
@vielzeug/assay	DOM queries, events, wait helpers, errors, and types

Queries

within(root)

Creates a QueryScope for an Element, ShadowRoot, Document, or DocumentFragment.

Method	Returns	Use
get(selector)	Element	Required CSS match; throws AssayQueryError
query(selector)	Element | null	Optional CSS match
queryAll(selector)	Element[]	All CSS matches
getByText(text, selector?)	Element	Required exact trimmed-text match
queryByText(text, selector?)	Element | null	Optional exact trimmed-text match
queryAllByText(text, selector?)	Element[]	All exact trimmed-text matches
getByTestId(id)	Element	Required data-testid match
queryByTestId(id)	Element | null	Optional data-testid match
queryAllByTestId(id)	Element[]	All data-testid matches

Text selectors default to '*'. Required-query failures include the lookup and a bounded view of the scoped DOM.

Shadow and slot helpers

Function	Returns	Description
queryInShadow(host, selector)	Element | null	First match in an open shadow root
queryAllInShadow(host, selector)	Element[]	All matches in an open shadow root
queryPart(host, part)	Element | null	First shadow element whose part token matches
getSlotted(host, slotName?)	Element[]	Direct light-DOM children in a named or default slot

These helpers return null or [] when there is no shadow root. Dynamic test IDs, parts, and slot names are matched as attribute values rather than interpolated into CSS selectors.

Event dispatch

All event helpers synchronously return dispatchEvent()'s boolean result.

import {
  dispatch,
  fireBlur,
  fireChange,
  fireClick,
  fireCustom,
  fireFocus,
  fireInput,
  fireKeyDown,
  fireKeyUp,
  fireSubmit,
} from '@vielzeug/assay';

fireClick(button, { clientX: 20 });
fireInput(input);
fireKeyDown(input, { key: 'Enter' });
fireCustom(element, 'item-added', { detail: { id: '42' } });
dispatch(element, new Event('ready'));

Function	Event class	Defaults
fireBlur / fireFocus	FocusEvent	Platform defaults (bubbles: false)
fireChange	Event	bubbles: true
fireInput	InputEvent	bubbles: true
fireClick	MouseEvent	bubbles: true, cancelable: true
fireKeyDown / fireKeyUp	KeyboardEvent	bubbles: true, cancelable: true
fireSubmit	SubmitEvent	bubbles: true, cancelable: true
fireCustom	CustomEvent	bubbles: true, cancelable: true, composed: false

fireCustom(target, type, init?) dispatches a CustomEvent with the given type. Assay intentionally does not provide browser-default or fallback pointer/touch simulation.

Async waiting

await waitUntil(() => ready, { interval: 20, signal, timeout: 1000 });
await retry(() => expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled(), { signal, timeout: 1000 });
await waitForEvent(target, 'ready', { signal, timeout: 1000 });
await delay(100, { signal });
await nextTick();

Function	Success condition	Options
waitUntil(predicate, options?)	Predicate returns true	timeout, interval, signal
retry(assertion, options?)	Assertion stops throwing	timeout, interval, signal, message
waitForEvent(target, type, options?)	Target emits type	timeout, signal
delay(ms?, options?)	Timer elapses	signal
nextTick()	Next microtask	none

waitUntil, retry, and waitForEvent reject with AssayTimeoutError when their timeout expires. A supplied abort signal rejects with its reason and removes timers and event listeners.

Types

export interface QueryScope {
  get(selector: string): Element;
  query(selector: string): Element | null;
  queryAll(selector: string): Element[];
  getByText(text: string, selector?: string): Element;
  queryByText(text: string, selector?: string): Element | null;
  queryAllByText(text: string, selector?: string): Element[];
  getByTestId(id: string): Element;
  queryByTestId(id: string): Element | null;
  queryAllByTestId(id: string): Element[];
}

CustomEventInit, DelayOptions, RetryOptions, and WaitOptions are exported option types for event and wait helpers.

Errors

Error	Meaning
AssayError	Base class for Assay-originated errors
AssayQueryError	A required get* query had no match
AssayTimeoutError	A wait operation reached its timeout

Use instanceof AssayError to narrow any value to the Assay error hierarchy.