TestCafe Live - How to run TestCafe tests from a Node.js module

[anon88444205]

I have a script which runs TestCafe and does a few other things, like optionally cleaning the database beforehand, selecting tests to run with a regex etc. I'd like to try out TestCafe live, but it seems it only has the command line interface. Can TC live be run from a Node.js script? (If not, then I have a feature request that it should be .)

[MarinaRukavitsyna]

Hello @mbork
Please take a look at the Programming Interface help topic to learn how to run TestCafe tests from your Node.js modules.

[anon88444205]

Hi, and thanks for the fast answer, but you misunderstood me. I know and use the programming interface to TestCafe; what I miss is the ability to run TestCafe live from it.

[MarinaRukavitsyna]

Would you please clarify what you mean by "live"?

[anon88444205]

https://github.com/DevExpress/testcafe-live#testcafe-live

[churkin]

Hi @mbork,
testcafe-live does not have a programming interface at the moment, but if you just want to run it from your js script, you can use the following code:

const { exec } = require('child_process');

exec('testcafe-live chrome ./tests', (error, stdout, stderr) => {
  if (error)
    console.error(`exec error: ${error}`);
  else {
    console.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
    console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
  }
});

[anon88444205]

Thanks. I know how to use exec(), I hoped for some more JS-y solution.

I understand that TC live is under active development and it may be still more of a proof of concept than a finished product. I hope it will get fleshed out in the future, and that it will be possible to drive it from Node.JS. For now, I'm sticking with executing it from the shell.