feat: Add ancestors method to Term class and update related tests

Author: harshithad0703

src/lib/term.ts

@@ -25,12 +25,28 @@ export class Term {
    * const result = await stack.taxonomy('taxonomy_uid').term('term_uid').locales();
    */
   async locales<T>(): Promise<T> {
-    const urlPath = `/taxonomy-manager/${this._taxonomyUid}/terms/${this._termUid}/locales`;
-    const response = await getData(this._client, urlPath);
+    const response = await getData(this._client, `${this._urlPath}/locales`); 
     if (response.locales) return response.locales as T;
     return response;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @method ancestors
+   * @memberof Term
+   * @description Fetches ancestors for the term
+   * @returns {Promise<T>}
+   * @example
+   * import contentstack from '@contentstack/delivery-sdk'
+   *
+   * const stack = contentstack.stack({ apiKey: "apiKey", deliveryToken: "deliveryToken", environment: "environment" });
+   * const result = await stack.taxonomy('taxonomy_uid').term('term_uid').ancestors();
+   */
+  async ancestors<T>(): Promise<T> {
+    const response = await getData(this._client, `${this._urlPath}/ancestors`);
+    if (response.ancestors) return response.ancestors as T;
+    return response;
+  }
+
   async fetch<T>(): Promise<T> {
     const response = await getData(this._client, this._urlPath);
 

test/api/taxonomy.spec.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('ContentType API test cases', () => {
   });
 
   it('should give a single taxonomy when taxonomy method is called with taxonomyUid', async () => {
-    const result = await makeTaxonomy('taxonomy_testing').fetch<TTaxonomy>();
+    const result = await makeTaxonomy('taxonomy_testing_3').fetch<TTaxonomy>();
     expect(result).toBeDefined();
   });
 });

test/api/term-query.spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const stack = stackInstance();
 
 describe("Terms API test cases", () => {
   it("should check for terms is defined", async () => {
-    const result = await makeTerms("taxonomy_testing").find<TTerm>();
+    const result = await makeTerms("taxonomy_testing_3").find<TTerm>();
     if (result.terms) {
       expect(result.terms).toBeDefined();
       expect(result.terms[0].taxonomy_uid).toBeDefined();

test/api/term.spec.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { Term } from "../../src/lib/term";
 import { stackInstance } from "../utils/stack-instance";
-import { TTerm } from "./types";
+import { TTerm, TTerms } from "./types";
 
 const stack = stackInstance();
 
 describe("Terms API test cases", () => {
   it("should get a term by uid", async () => {
-    const result = await makeTerms("term1").fetch<TTerm>();
+    const result = await makeTerms("vehicles").fetch<TTerm>();
     expect(result).toBeDefined();
     expect(result.taxonomy_uid).toBeDefined();
     expect(result.uid).toBeDefined();
@@ -15,14 +15,21 @@ describe("Terms API test cases", () => {
   });
 
   it("should get locales for a term", async () => {
-    // const result = await makeTerms("term1").locales().fetch();
+    // const result = await makeTerms("vehicles").locales().fetch();
     // API under building phase, so it should throw error
-    expect(async () => await makeTerms("term1").locales()).rejects.toThrow();
+    expect(async () => await makeTerms("vehicles").locales()).rejects.toThrow();
     // TODO: add assertions
   });
+
+  it("should get ancestors for a term", async () => {
+    const result = await makeTerms("sleeper").ancestors<TTerms>();
+    expect(result).toBeDefined();
+    expect(result.terms).toBeDefined();
+    expect(result.terms[0].name).toBeDefined();
+  });
 });
 
 function makeTerms(termUid = ""): Term {
-  const terms = stack.taxonomy("taxonomy_testing").term(termUid);
+  const terms = stack.taxonomy("taxonomy_testing_3").term(termUid);
   return terms;
 }

test/unit/term.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AxiosInstance, httpClient } from '@contentstack/core';
 import MockAdapter from 'axios-mock-adapter';
-import { termQueryFindResponseDataMock, termLocalesResponseDataMock } from '../utils/mocks';
+import { termQueryFindResponseDataMock, termLocalesResponseDataMock, termAncestorsResponseDataMock } from '../utils/mocks';
 import { MOCK_CLIENT_OPTIONS } from '../utils/constant';
 import { Term } from '../../src/lib/term';
 import { Taxonomy } from '../../src/lib/taxonomy';
@@ -32,4 +32,11 @@ describe('Term class', () => {
     const response = await term.locales();
     expect(response).toEqual(termLocalesResponseDataMock.terms);
   });
+
+  it('should fetch ancestors for a term when ancestors() is called', async () => {
+    mockClient.onGet('/taxonomy-manager/taxonomy_testing/terms/term1/ancestors').reply(200, termAncestorsResponseDataMock);
+
+    const response = await term.ancestors();
+    expect(response).toEqual(termAncestorsResponseDataMock);
+  });
 });

test/utils/mocks.ts

@@ -1703,6 +1703,41 @@ const termLocalesResponseDataMock = {
   terms: []
 }
 
+const termAncestorsResponseDataMock = {
+  "terms": [
+    {
+      "uid": "vehicles",
+      "name": "vehicles",
+      "publish_details": {
+        "time": "2025-10-28T06:54:12.505Z",
+        "user": "user",
+        "environment": "environment",
+        "locale": "en-us"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "uid": "buses",
+      "name": "buses",
+      "publish_details": {
+        "time": "2025-10-28T06:54:12.514Z",
+        "user": "user",
+        "environment": "environment",
+        "locale": "en-us"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "uid": "vrl",
+      "name": "vrl",
+      "publish_details": {
+        "time": "2025-10-28T06:54:12.570Z",
+        "user": "user",
+        "environment": "environment",
+        "locale": "en-us"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+
 const termQueryFindResponseDataMock = {
   "terms": [
     {
@@ -1749,4 +1784,5 @@ export {
   taxonomyFindResponseDataMock,
   termQueryFindResponseDataMock,
   termLocalesResponseDataMock,
+  termAncestorsResponseDataMock,
 };