I have a npm task in my package.json file as follows to execute jest testing:
"scripts": {
"test-jest": "jest",
"jest-coverage": "jest --coverage"
},
"jest": {
"testEnvironment": "jsdom"
},
I want to execute this task npm run test-jest
using grunt. I installed grunt-run for the same and added the run task, but how do I invoke this npm task there?
run: {
options: {
// Task-specific options go here.
},
your_target: {
cmd: 'node'
}
}
Configure your Gruntfile.js
similar to the example shown in the docs.
- Set the value for the
cmd
to npm
.
- Set
run
and test-jest
in the args
Array.
Gruntfile.js
module.exports = function (grunt) {
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-run');
grunt.initConfig({
run: {
options: {
// ...
},
npm_test_jest: {
cmd: 'npm',
args: [
'run',
'test-jest',
'--silent'
]
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('default', [ 'run:npm_test_jest' ]);
};
Running
Running $ grunt
via your CLI using the configuration shown above will invoke the npm run test-jest
command.
Note: Adding --silent
(or it's shorthand equivalent -s
) to the args
Array simply helps avoids the additional npm log to the console.
EDIT:
Cross Platform
Using the grunt-run
solution shown above failed on Windows OS when running via cmd.exe
. The following error was thrown:
Error: spawn npm ENOENT Warning: non-zero exit code -4058 Use --force to continue.
For a cross-platform solution consider installing and utlizing grunt-shell to invoke the npm run test-jest
instead.
npm i -D grunt-shell
Gruntfile.js
module.exports = function (grunt) {
require('load-grunt-tasks')(grunt); // <-- uses `load-grunt-tasks`
grunt.initConfig({
shell: {
npm_test_jest: {
command: 'npm run test-jest --silent',
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('default', [ 'shell:npm_test_jest' ]);
};
Notes
grunt-shell
requires load-grunt-tasks for loading the Task instead of the typical grunt.loadNpmTasks(...)
, so you'll need to install that too:
npm i -D load-grunt-tasks
- For older version of Windows I had to install an older version of
grunt-shell
, namely version 1.3.0
, so I recommend installing an earlier version.
npm i -D grunt-shell@1.3.0
EDIT 2
grunt-run
does seem to work on Windows if you use the exec
key instead of the cmd
and args
keys...
For cross platform purposes... I found it necessary to specify the command as a single string using the exec
key as per the documentation that reads:
If you would like to specify your command as a single string, useful
for specifying multiple commands in one task, use the exec: key
Gruntfile.js
module.exports = function (grunt) {
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-run');
grunt.initConfig({
run: {
options: {
// ...
},
npm_test_jest: {
exec: 'npm run test-jest --silent' // <-- use the exec key.
}
}
});
grunt.registerTask('default', [ 'run:npm_test_jest' ]);
};