Kindly suggest me the ways to bundle node js app with the test module and run tests before deploying to edge using maven.

[nmallesh]

Hi,

Kindly suggest me the ways to implement the following -

What do I need?

Need an approach to run test cases written in node js (using mocha and chai library) before deploying the proxy (+node js app) to apigee edge.

What do I have?

API proxy(+node js app) - which is deployable using mvn.

Test Module (written in node js as a seperate module) - Functional Testing Module.

What am I looking for?

An approach to integrate the above mentioned modules and run the process synchronously -

Build API Proxy + Run Test Cases + Deply API Proxy on apigee edge.

[ssvaidyanathan]

Hi @Nisha Mallesh

Maven runs on a build lifecycle (ordered) - more info here

You can do that be specifying those execution with "validate" or "test" as the phase. For example

<!-- run unit tests -->
<execution>
	<id>unit</id>
	<phase>validate</phase>
	<goals>
		<goal>exec</goal>
	</goals>
	<configuration>
		<executable>node</executable>
		<commandlineArgs>
			node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js cover node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha test/unit
		</commandlineArgs>
	</configuration>
</execution>


<!-- Check Code Coverage-->
<execution>
	<id>check-coverage</id>
	<phase>validate</phase>
	<goals>
		<goal>exec</goal>
	</goals>
	<configuration>
		<executable>node</executable>
		<commandlineArgs>
			node_modules/istanbul/lib/cli.js check-coverage
		</commandlineArgs>
	</configuration>
</execution>

This will execute the tests first and then the deployment happens. The above is an example of unit testing through Mocha and code coverage using Istanbul

[nmallesh]

Thanks @Sai Saran Vaidyanathan, I will try this and get back to you.

[nmallesh · Accepted solution]

Added the following build step to make it work -

	     <build>      
                <plugins>
                        <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>test-nodejs</id>
                                <phase>test</phase>
                                <configuration>
                                        <tasks name="Run mocha tests">
                                            <exec 
						dir="${basedir}" 
						executable="npm" 
						failonerror="true">
                                              	<arg value="test"/>
                                            </exec>
                                        </tasks>
                                </configuration>
                                 <goals>
                                    <goal>run</goal>
                                </goals>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin> 
                </plugins>
            </build>

Maven-Antrun-Plugin lets you run Ant tasks.

I have used maven-antrun-plugin for running the test cases as a build step.

 <exec 
	dir="${basedir}" 
	executable="npm" 
	failonerror="true">
 	<arg value="test"/>
</exec>

The above configuration is used to execute a command -

(Multiple Executions can be added)

• dir - the directory where the command shall be executed
• executable - specifies the executable command
• arg - specifies argument values in the value attribute
• failonerror - boolean value to abort or otherwise when encountered with an error

Let me know if any other approach works ( the above one is tested ),

Hope this helps,

Thank You