From 970354cecc0fb9c5c1e2564d61bb49e5f1bcddbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nate Armstrong <109548806+elv-nate@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 07:55:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add event testing example to pallet template (#12722)

Add an example of how to test for events into the example pallet. Right now, the information is pretty hard to find without looking into pallet tests or finding some particular posts on the stackoverflow.
---
 substrate/bin/node-template/pallets/template/src/tests.rs | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/substrate/bin/node-template/pallets/template/src/tests.rs b/substrate/bin/node-template/pallets/template/src/tests.rs
index 527aec8ed0..7c2b853ee4 100644
--- a/substrate/bin/node-template/pallets/template/src/tests.rs
+++ b/substrate/bin/node-template/pallets/template/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-use crate::{mock::*, Error};
+use crate::{mock::*, Error, Event};
 use frame_support::{assert_noop, assert_ok};
 
 #[test]
 fn it_works_for_default_value() {
 	new_test_ext().execute_with(|| {
+		// Go past genesis block so events get deposited
+		System::set_block_number(1);
 		// Dispatch a signed extrinsic.
 		assert_ok!(TemplateModule::do_something(RuntimeOrigin::signed(1), 42));
 		// Read pallet storage and assert an expected result.
 		assert_eq!(TemplateModule::something(), Some(42));
+		// Assert that the correct event was deposited
+		System::assert_last_event(Event::SomethingStored { something: 42, who: 1 }.into());
 	});
 }