Solidity Transfer Token Test Case is not working fine.

Question

I'm doing testing of smart contract when I try to transfer token using https://remix.ethereum.org. That was working fine. But now I want to write its test case but that is not working fine and not transferring the tokens. Code:

 it('should properly [transfer] token', async function() {
    let recipient = "0xe0f5206bbd039e7b0592d8918820024e2a7437b9";
    let tokenWei = 1000000;
    let status = await contract.methods.transfer(recipient, tokenWei).call();
    console.log(status);

    let ownerBalance = await contract.methods.balanceOf(owner).call();
    let recipientBalance = await contract.methods.balanceOf("0xe0f5206bbd039e7b0592d8918820024e2a7437b9").call();
    console.log("Balance:"+ownerBalance +'----'+recipientBalance);
  });

Output is like this.

status = true
Balance:1705243055----100000000

These balaces are exactly same as before mean no deduction from owner account and no addition in recipient account.

Any guidance/help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

You must to use send instead of call, since you're changing the status.

contract.methods.transfer(recipient, tokenWei).send({from: '0x123...'})