custom_reporter.md

Testem Custom Reporters

If the built-in reporters don't do quite what you need, you can write your own. This document describes how to write and configure your own custom test reporter.

Interface

Your reporter should have total and pass properties, and implement report(prefix, data) and finish() methods.

The report method gets called for each test with prefix and data arguments:

• prefix - name of the test runner (ie PhantomJS)
• data
  • passed - whether test passed
  • name - test name
  • error.message - error stack
  • logs - test output

The finish method gets called when tests are complete, and can output summary information.

In addition, an optional reportMetadata(tag, metadata) method gets called whenever an adapter emits a test-result-metadata event, allowing customized processing on metadata generated by your tests. To find out more, check out an example.

Example

The constructor should take an (optional) output stream and initialize properties:

function MyReporter(out) {
    this.out = out || process.stdout;
    this.total = 0;
    this.pass = 0;
}

The report method should increment counters and output results as needed; the finish method should output summary information:

MyReporter.prototype = {
    report: function(prefix, data) {
        // increment counters
        this.total++;
        if (data.passed) {
            this.pass++;
        }
        // output results
        var status = data.passed ? 'ok' : 'failed';
        this.out.write(prefix+'\t'+status+'\t'+data.name.trim()+'\n');
    },
    finish: function() {
        this.out.write(this.passed+'/'+this.total+' tests passed\n')
    }
}

Configuration

To use your custom reporter, set reporter in your testem.js config file:

var MyReporter = require('./my-reporter');
module.exports = {
    "framework": "mocha",
    "src_files": [
        "src/*.js",
        "tests/*_tests.js"
    ]
    "reporter": new MyReporter()
};