I’m attempting to unit test my thrown error, however the test seems to be hitting the error and kicking out like normal code would.

const getDbStuff = () => {
  const dbResponse = await getStuffFromDb(); // function imported from other file

  if (!dbResponse) throw new Error("XXX");

  // do stuff with response.
}

I have my test like:

it('should throw error when no db data', () => {
    jest.spyOn(db, 'getStuffFromDb').mockResolvedValue({})

    expect(() => {
      getDbStuff()
    }).toThrow('Some error') // Purposefully trying to make it fail
  });

However when I run the test, it’s just hitting the error and quitting:

RUNS  src/.../utils.test.ts

if (!dbResponse) throw new Error("XXX");
                               ^

Error: XXX
    at getDbStuff

From what I’ve read, the wrapping is the correct way to go, with the function call inside the expect(() => {}).toThrow(), however I have also attempted this without the wrapping to the same result, ie. expect(getDbStuff()).toThrow('some error')

What is the correct way to test this?