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Using Jasmine with node

The Jasmine node package contains helper code for developing and running Jasmine tests for node-based projects.

 

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Install

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
You can install Jasmine using npm, locally in your project and globally to use the CLI tool.

    		
    
      

        
npm install jasmine

npm install -g jasmine

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Init a Project

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Initialize a project for Jasmine by creating a spec directory and configuration json for you.

    		
    
      

        
jasmine init

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Generate examples

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Generate example spec and source files

    		
    
      

        
jasmine examples

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Configuration

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Customize spec/support/jasmine.json to enumerate the source files and spec files you would like the
Jasmine runner to include. You may use dir glob strings.



spec_dir is used as a prefix for all spec_files and helpers.
Helpers are executed before specs.

    		
    
      

        
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Spec directory path. Your spec_files must be relative to this path

    		
    
      

        
  "spec_dir": "spec",

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Array of filepaths (and globs) relative to spec_dir to include

    		
    
      

        
  "spec_files": [
  "**/*[sS]pec.js"
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Array of filepaths (and globs) relative spec_dir to include before jasmine specs

    		
    
      

        
  "helpers": [
  "helpers/**/*.js"
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Stop execution of a spec after the first expectation failure in it

    		
    
      

        
  "stopSpecOnExpectationFailure": false,

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Run specs in semi-random order

    		
    
      

        
  "random": false
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Running tests

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Once you have set up your jasmine.json, you can start Jasmine by running jasmine from the root of your project.



Pass a relative path to a spec file to the jasmine command to only execute specs in a single file.

    		
    
      

        
jasmine

jasmine spec/appSpec.js

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
CLI Options

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
JASMINE_CONFIG_PATH=
Specify a relative or absolute path to your configuration file. Can be used as an option or set as an environment variable.

    		
    
      

        
JASMINE_CONFIG_PATH=spec/config/jasmine.json jasmine

jasmine JASMINE_CONFIG_PATH=spec/config/jasmine.json

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
----no-color
Turns off color in spec output

    		
    
      

        
jasmine --no-color

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
----filter=
Only runs specs that match the given string

    		
    
      

        
jasmine --filter="a spec name"

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
----stop-on-failure=[true|false]
Stops execution of a spec after the first expectation failure when set to true

    		
    
      

        
jasmine --stop-on-failure=true

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
----random=[true|false]
Tells jasmine to run specs in semi random order or not for this run, overriding jasmine.json

    		
    
      

        
jasmine --random=true

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
----seed=
Sets the randomization seed if randomization is turned on

    		
    
      

        
jasmine --seed=4321

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Using the library

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
If you want more granular control over the configuration, Jasmine can also be used as a library in your project.
This allows you to load multiple config files or control your configuration in different ways.

    		
    
      

        
var Jasmine = require('jasmine');
var jasmine = new Jasmine();

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Load configuration from a file or from an object.

    		
    
      

        
jasmine.loadConfigFile('spec/support/jasmine.json');

jasmine.loadConfig({
  spec_dir: 'spec',
  spec_files: [
      'appSpec.js',
      'requests/**/*[sS]pec.js',
      'utils/**/*[sS]pec.js'
  ],
  helpers: [
      'helpers/**/*.js'
  ]
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Custom onComplete

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Optionally specify a custom onComplete callback. The callback is given a boolean of whether all of the specs passed or not. This is often used to message a status to task runners like grunt.

    		
    
      

        
jasmine.onComplete(function(passed) {
  if(passed) {
      console.log('All specs have passed');
  }
  else {
      console.log('At least one spec has failed');
  }
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Reporters

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
A ConsoleReporter is included if no other reporters are added.
You can configure the default reporter with configureDefaultReporter.
The default values are shown in the example.

    		
    
      

        
jasmine.configureDefaultReporter({

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
The timer passed to the reporter will determine the mechanism for seeing how long the suite takes to run.

    		
    
      

        
    timer: new jasmine.jasmine.Timer(),

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
The print function passed the reporter will be called to print its results.

    		
    
      

        
    print: function() {
      process.stdout.write(arguments);
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showColors determines whether or not the reporter should use ANSI color codes.

    		
    
      

        
    showColors: true
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You can add a custom reporter with addReporter. If you add a reporter through addReporter, the default ConsoleReporter will not be added.
Multiple reporters can be added.

    		
    
      

        
var CustomReporter = require('./myCustomReporter');
var customReporter = new CustomReporter();

jasmine.addReporter(customReporter);

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Run the tests

    		
    
      

        

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Calling execute will run the specs.

    		
    
      

        
jasmine.execute();

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
execute can optionally be called with a list of spec file paths to execute relative to your project root and a string to filter by spec name.

    		
    
      

        
jasmine.execute(['fooSpec.js'], 'a spec name');

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
A simple example using the library


    		
    
      

        
var Jasmine = require('jasmine');
var jasmine = new Jasmine();

jasmine.loadConfigFile('spec/support/jasmine.json');
jasmine.configureDefaultReporter({
  showColors: false
});
jasmine.execute();