what is the best way to mock window.sessionStorage in jest

Here is the solution only use jestjs and typescript, nothing more.

index.ts:

export function getUserInfo() {
  const userInfo = window.sessionStorage.getItem('userInfo');
  if (userInfo) {
    return JSON.parse(userInfo);
  }
  return {};
}

index.spec.ts:

import { getUserInfo } from './';

const localStorageMock = (() => {
  let store = {};

  return {
    getItem(key) {
      return store[key] || null;
    },
    setItem(key, value) {
      store[key] = value.toString();
    },
    removeItem(key) {
      delete store[key];
    },
    clear() {
      store = {};
    }
  };
})();

Object.defineProperty(window, 'sessionStorage', {
  value: localStorageMock
});

describe('getUserInfo', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    window.sessionStorage.clear();
    jest.restoreAllMocks();
  });
  it('should get user info from session storage', () => {
    const getItemSpy = jest.spyOn(window.sessionStorage, 'getItem');
    window.sessionStorage.setItem('userInfo', JSON.stringify({ userId: 1, userEmail: '[email protected]' }));
    const actualValue = getUserInfo();
    expect(actualValue).toEqual({ userId: 1, userEmail: '[email protected]' });
    expect(getItemSpy).toBeCalledWith('userInfo');
  });

  it('should get empty object if no user info in session storage', () => {
    const getItemSpy = jest.spyOn(window.sessionStorage, 'getItem');
    const actualValue = getUserInfo();
    expect(actualValue).toEqual({});
    expect(window.sessionStorage.getItem).toBeCalledWith('userInfo');
    expect(getItemSpy).toBeCalledWith('userInfo');
  });
});

Unit test result with 100% coverage report:

 PASS  src/stackoverflow/51566816/index.spec.ts
  getUserInfo
    ✓ should get user info from session storage (6ms)
    ✓ should get empty object if no user info in session storage (1ms)

----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------|
File      |  % Stmts | % Branch |  % Funcs |  % Lines | Uncovered Line #s |
----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------|
All files |      100 |      100 |      100 |      100 |                   |
 index.ts |      100 |      100 |      100 |      100 |                   |
----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-------------------|
Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
Tests:       2 passed, 2 total
Snapshots:   0 total
Time:        4.548s, estimated 6s

Here is the completed demo: https://github.com/mrdulin/jest-codelab/tree/master/src/stackoverflow/51566816