Testcafe - Test command line argument outside test case

Question

As I\'m getting familiar with Testcafe, I\'m trying to use a command line argument to give the user more information on how to run tests. For that reason, I\'m using the

Answer 1

A solution to accomplish this is:

1) Create a separate config.js file that will handle your custom command-line options:

import * as minimist from 'minimist';

const args = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));

// get the options --env=xxx --user=yyy from the command line
export const config = {
  env: args.env,
  user: args.user,
};

2) In you test file:

remove any code outside the fixture and the test methods.

import the config file and inject it in the TestController context

get the command args via the TestController context

import 'testcafe';
import { Selector } from 'testcafe';
import { config } from './config';

fixture('Getting Started')
  .beforeEach(async (t) => {
    // inject config in the test context
    t.ctx.currentConfig = config;
  });

test('My first test', async (t) => {
  // retrieve cli args from the test context
  const currentConfig = t.ctx.currentConfig;
  console.log(`env=${currentConfig.env}`);
});