creating mocha test suite to start app just once

Question

I have following files

test1.ts
test2.ts
test3.ts
test4.ts
test5.ts

I want to start the tests at once with a unified before and after so that i start the application just once and run tests and close it after that

every test file has its own describe

You can create new file module that creates server once, and then returns the same singleton server for further calls — iofjuupasli, Jun 07 '19 at 09:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '19 at 14:25

I was able to do this by adding a file to my test/ directory called setup.spec.ts that performs the setup & teardown using mochas before & after hooks. These hooks are run before/after any describe block in your other test files.

import {setupApp, teardownApp} from '../src/helpers/app';

before(async () => {
  await setupApp();
});

after(async () => {
  await teardownApp();
});

creating mocha test suite to start app just once

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