npm-test
Test a packageTable of contents
Synopsis
npm test [-- <args>]
aliases: tst, t
Description
This runs a predefined command specified in the "test"
property of
a package's "scripts"
object.
Example
{
"scripts": {
"test": "node test.js"
}
}
npm test
> npm@x.x.x test
> node test.js
(test.js output would be here)
Configuration
ignore-scripts
- Default: false
- Type: Boolean
If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.
Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as
npm start
, npm stop
, npm restart
, npm test
, and npm run-script
will still run their intended script if ignore-scripts
is set, but they
will not run any pre- or post-scripts.
script-shell
- Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows
- Type: null or String
The shell to use for scripts run with the npm exec
, npm run
and npm init <pkg>
commands.