Sinon has a nice API for handling multiple calls (stub.onCall(n);) to the same stubbed method.
Example from stub api doc:
"test should stub method differently on consecutive calls": function () {
var callback = sinon.stub();
callback.onCall(0).returns(1);
callback.onCall(1).returns(2);
callback.returns(3);
callback(); // Returns 1
callback(); // Returns 2
callback(); // All following calls return 3
}
You can also use onFirstCall() , onSecondCall(), and onThirdCall().
We are using this approach extensively in our tests.