@oclif/test

test helpers for oclif CLIs

Migration

See the V4 Migration Guide if you are migrating from v3 or older.

Usage

@oclif/test provides a handful of utilities that make it easy to test your oclif CLI.

Note

In order for these utilities to capture all output to the terminal, you must disable any console output interception/suppression features in your test framework.

• For Jest users, enable the verbose flag in your Jest config.
• For Vitest users, enable the disableConsoleIntercept flag in your Vitest config.

captureOutput

captureOutput allows you to get the stdout, stderr, return value, and error of the callback you provide it. This makes it possible to assert that certain strings were printed to stdout and stderr or that the callback failed with the expected error or succeeded with the expected result.

Options

• print - Print everything that goes to stdout and stderr.
• stripAnsi - Strip ansi codes from everything that goes to stdout and stderr. Defaults to true.
• testNodeEnv - Sets the NODE_ENV value when capturing output. Defaults to 'test'.

See the tests for example usage.

runCommand

runCommand allows you to get the stdout, stderr, return value, and error of a command in your CLI.

See the tests for example usage.

runHook

runHook allows you to get the stdout, stderr, return value, and error of a hook in your CLI.

See the tests for example usage.