jest toEqual not working with exception matching - node.js

Question

I'm new to jest so I'm not sure if its my fault. So here is my test case
it('should throw error if wrong email or phone number is provided', async () => {
await expect(userService.verifyCredentials('invalidemail#invaliddomain.com', 'sayantan94'))
.rejects
.toEqual(new UnauthorizedException('Invalid email or phone number'));
})
But this fails even though the same exception is thrown. Here is the output
FAIL src/modules/user/user.service.spec.ts (5.156s)
● UserService › verifyCredentials › should throw error if wrong email or phone number is provided
expect(received).toStrictEqual(expected)
Expected value to equal:
[Error: [object Object]]
Received:
[Error: [object Object]]
Difference:
Compared values have no visual difference.
88 | await expect(userService.verifyCredentials('invalidemail#invaliddomain.com', 'sayantan94'))
89 | .rejects
> 90 | .toEqual(new UnauthorizedException('Invalid email or phone number'));
| ^
91 | })
92 | })
93 |
How do I check this?

Answer 1

Instead of toEqual try toThrow
it('should throw error if wrong email or phone number is provided', async () => {
await expect(userService.verifyCredentials('invalidemail#invaliddomain.com', 'sayantan94'))
.rejects
.toThrow('Invalid email or phone number');
});
Ref: https://jestjs.io/docs/en/expect.html#rejects