Mocha tests with extra options or parameters

Question

I am writing test cases for my Node.js application using Mocha. The test cases need an API key as an extra input option or parameter. The API key is private, so I don\'t wan

Answer 1

The other answers are limited in that they do not support code execution prior to running your test suite. They only support passing parameters.

This answer supports code execution BEFORE your test suite is executed and is fully documented by mocha

mocha docs: http://unitjs.com/guide/mocha.html#mocha-opts

create ./test/mocha.opts

--recursive
--reporter spec
--require ./server.bootstrap
--require ./test/test.bootstrap

create ./server.bootstrap.js

global.appRoot = require('app-root-path');
// any more server init code

create ./test/test.bootstrap.js

process.env.NODE_ENV='test';
// any more test specific init code

finally in your server.js:

require('./server.bootstrap');

DONE!

The code in the server bootstrap will be executed prior to testing and server execution (npm start and npm test)

The code in the test bootstrap will only be executed prior to testing (npm test)

Thanks to @damianfabian for this one - see How to initialise a global variable in unit test runs?