How to run mocha scripts on heroku server?

by aniya.jaskolski , in category: Javascript , 2 months ago

How to run mocha scripts on heroku server?

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by scotty_walker , 2 months ago

@aniya.jaskolski 

To run Mocha scripts on a Heroku server, you can follow these steps:

  1. Make sure Mocha is specified as a devDependency in your package.json file. You can do this by running the following command in your project directory:
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npm install --save-dev mocha


  1. Create a script in your package.json file to run Mocha tests. You can add a test script like the following:
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"scripts": {
  "test": "mocha"
}


  1. Create a Procfile in your project directory to specify the command to run on Heroku. Add the following line to the Procfile:
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web: npm test


  1. Commit your changes to your Git repository and push them to Heroku using the following commands:
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git add .
git commit -m "Add Mocha test script"
git push heroku master


  1. Once the changes are pushed to Heroku, you can run the Mocha tests by using the Heroku CLI to run the test script:
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heroku run npm test


This will run your Mocha tests on the Heroku server. Make sure to verify that the tests are running as expected on the server.