Writing Mocha results/reports to a database

[Alexander Mills]

I asked this question on StackOverflow just now:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34191177/node-js-mocha-testing-reporting-to-database

My questions are- 

(1) can we configure Mocha to write test results to a DB? 

(2) Is there a Mocha reporter that handles this already?

Or should I write this functionality myself somehow?

My ideal scenario is to write test results to MongoDB, so that a web UI can read and display the results.

thanks

-alex

[Vlad GURDIGA]

Hi Alex! 8-)

There was recent thread that I think may be relate: Storing mocha reports on disk. In short, the approach that Gaurang took was to redirect mocha’s output to an XML file, and then process it. If you want to try a custom reporter, here is the wiki with an example: https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/wiki/Third-party-reporters.

Good luck! :)

[Hal Armstrong]

Adding onto Vlad's answer (in a way) I faced a similar need.

• Using the spec reporter as a baseline, I customized it a bit for two output streams (instead of just the console):
• One output stream went to the console in real time (with nice colors so I could see what was going on)
• I made a parallel stream bound for an XML file as well.  The XML output also had database keys to associate with my test plans.  After some formal test was done, I would import the XML into my database (Rational DOORS at the time) using the keys for association.
• The same thing could have been done with JSON, but XML was the path of least resistance for me in my environment.

I hope the "divide and conquer" concept helps you find a solution to your export needs.

Hal Armstrong (Panasonic Avionics)