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r/node on Reddit: App not reading .env files when testing through Jest
June 15, 2022 -

I have a Jest test setup to test APIs (using supertest), which leads to an error on account of API being tested not being able to read the variables in an .env file.

But when I test the same API thorough Postman, it works fine and I can see the variables are loaded correctly in the console.

So, essentially the same code works differently (can read .env file in one case and not in the other) when tested through Jest and when tested manually through Postman. What could be reason for this?

I'm loading the .env file via the CLI option. That is: 'node -r dotenv/config index.js".

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github.com › jestjs › jest › issues › 6634
@jest-environment node not working · Issue #6634 · jestjs/jest
July 5, 2018 - 🐛 Bug Report Related to #5119 Decorating my test file with @jest-environment node on top of it doesn't work and typeof window returns "object" instead of "undefined". To Reproduce Create a js file to be tested like this: console.log(type...
Author   StefanoSega
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@jest-environment node not working in v22
Seeing this error message: TypeError: environment.setup is not a function at node_modules/jest-runner/build/run_test.js:112:23 When using this syntax at the top of the test file (worked in v21): /*... More on github.com
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December 18, 2017
node.js - Using environment variables in Node and Jest - Stack Overflow
I do in fact properly use Heroku's ... env=node to work properly. ... Pass the env arg to Jest. jest -- --env=dev. ... @morganney If I do that, for some reason, Jest finds no tests to run. Either way, it won't help me run individual tests ie through VS Code Extension test runners. ... Mocking out environment variables ... More on stackoverflow.com
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@jest-environment jsdom not working
I'd like to report a bug. What is the current behavior? When setting the jest environment to node in the package.json and using the @jest-environment jsdom docblock in a UI test, jsdom is not a... More on github.com
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April 11, 2017
Why Jest is not letting me use node testing environment even though they changed it themselves?
Bring the best of human thought ... at your work. Explore Stack Internal ... Save this question. Show activity on this post. I am trying to test a React component in Next.js with Jest. Jest officially announced that they are changing the default test environment to Node: For this reason, we are changing the default test environment from "jsdom" to "node". I need to use the Node environment and they are not letting ... More on stackoverflow.com
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github.com › jestjs › jest › issues › 12573
[Feature]: Allow `@jest-environment` pragma to be below other comments · Issue #12573 · jestjs/jest
March 12, 2022 - 🚀 Feature Proposal Allow the /** * @jest-environment jsdom */ To not be strictly the first comment node. Motivation Docusaurus has a very strict eslint header config that only allows: /** * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates...
Author   Josh-Cena
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npmjs.com › package › jest-environment-node
jest-environment-node - npm
1 week ago - Latest version: 30.4.1, last published: 7 days ago. Start using jest-environment-node in your project by running `npm i jest-environment-node`. There are 1184 other projects in the npm registry using jest-environment-node.
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dev.to › chukwutosin_ › using-environment-variables-when-testing-with-jest-in-nodejs-124d
How to use environment variables when testing with Jest in NodeJs - DEV Community
March 11, 2021 - I'm using dotenv for the environment variables and jest for testing and all you need to do is add the dotenv config to the jest setup files in your package.json file.
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github.com › jestjs › jest › issues › 5119
@jest-environment node not working in v22 · Issue #5119 · jestjs/jest
December 18, 2017 - Seeing this error message: TypeError: environment.setup is not a function at node_modules/jest-runner/build/run_test.js:112:23 When using this syntax at the top of the test file (worked in v21): /** * @jest-environment node */
Author   evan-scott-zocdoc
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testingjavascript.com › lessons › jest-configure-jest-s-test-environment-for-testing-node-or-browser-code
Configure Jest’s Test Environment for Testing Node or Browser Code
In our application we’re testing code that should run in the browser, but Jest is intended to test JavaScript that runs in the browser or in node. Let’s create a custom jest config file so we can customize the test environment.
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Environment Variables · Jest
1 week ago - Jest sets the following environment variables: Set to 'test' if it's not already set to something else. Each worker process is assigned a unique id (index-based that starts with 1). This is set to 1 for all tests when runInBand is set to true. NODE_ENV ·
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stackoverflow.com › questions › 72592581 › using-environment-variables-in-node-and-jest
node.js - Using environment variables in Node and Jest - Stack Overflow
I do in fact properly use Heroku's secrets for my actual important env variables like API keys, etc, but I now seem to be stuck here on how I should tell Jest what env it is in, since it needs env=node to work properly. ... Pass the env arg to Jest. jest -- --env=dev. ... @morganney If I do that, for some reason, Jest finds no tests to run. Either way, it won't help me run individual tests ie through VS Code Extension test runners. ... Mocking out environment variables in Jest is a little bit more tricky as there really is no way to mock them out before the code that you want to import gets evaluated.
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edge-runtime.vercel.app › packages › jest-environment
Edge Runtime Jest Environment | Edge Runtime
Jest enables you to define the test environment through a code comment (opens in a new tab) or as a CLI option (opens in a new tab). For example, the following test would pass: // jest --env node // ✅ Pass it('should return the correct value', () => { let val = eval('2 + 2') expect(val).toBe(4) }) The following test would fail when using the Edge Runtime: // jest --env @edge-runtime/jest-environment // ❌ Fail // Error name: "EvalError" // Error message: "Code generation from strings disallowed for this context" it('should return the correct value', () => { let val = eval('2 + 2') expect(val).toBe(4) }) @edge-runtime/format@edge-runtime/jest-expect
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Configuring Jest · Jest
1 week ago - Use the <rootDir> string token to include the path to your project's root directory to prevent it from accidentally ignoring all of your files in different environments that may have different root directories. ... An alternative API to setting the NODE_PATH env variable, modulePaths is an array of absolute paths to additional locations to search when resolving modules. Use the <rootDir> string token to include the path to your project's root directory. ... Activates native OS notifications for test results. To display the notifications Jest needs node-notifier package, which must be installed additionally:
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GitHub
github.com › jestjs › jest › issues › 3280
@jest-environment jsdom not working · Issue #3280 · jestjs/jest
April 11, 2017 - I'd like to report a bug. What is the current behavior? When setting the jest environment to node in the package.json and using the @jest-environment jsdom docblock in a UI test, jsdom is not available. If the current behavior is a bug, ...
Published   Apr 11, 2017
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Stack Overflow
stackoverflow.com › questions › 70362671 › why-jest-is-not-letting-me-use-node-testing-environment-even-though-they-changed
Why Jest is not letting me use node testing environment even though they changed it themselves?
Sorry, but im very lost, how come the default testing environment that jest comes with can't render the simple react component, what else are developers supposed to test it? ... Because the default test environment is now Node, which is for... a Node environment. Not the DOM environment, which is where React (however simple a component) runs.
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stackoverflow.com › questions › 65879453 › how-to-use-es6-in-a-custom-jest-node-environment
node.js - How to use ES6 in a custom Jest Node Environment? - Stack Overflow
I new to this off unit testing and jest, i haven’t idea that i could setup the globals on ‘setup’ file. Will try that 👍 ... Thanks Estus Flask , the edit comments feature is a mess down here . ... Well partially solved by not using a custom environment. It's a little less ergonomic because now there is no global refernce to put things into. But it works...
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stackoverflow.com › questions › 79382494 › environment-not-loading-correctly-while-running-tests-in-node-js-with-jest
typescript - Environment not loading correctly while running tests in Node.js with Jest - Stack Overflow
{ "extends": "./tsconfig.json", "compilerOptions": { "noEmit": true, "types": ["jest"], "baseUrl": ".", "paths": { "@src/*": ["src/*"] } }, "include": ["tests/**/*", "src/**/*.d.ts"], "exclude": ["node_modules"] } And my getEnv function which throws the error of missing env variable: export const getEnv = (key: string): string => { if (!process.env[key]) throw new Error(`Missing environment variable ${key}`); return String(process.env[key]); };
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dev.to › darkmavis1980 › how-to-mock-environmental-variables-with-jest-2j3c
How to mock environment variables with Jest - DEV Community
November 25, 2021 - If you use Jest as your trusty testing framework for your Node.js application, you probably ended up in the situation where the code you are trying to test, uses environmental variables that you access with process.env. The simplest way to do is to create a file, to be called setEnvVars.js, and to populate it with the env variables you need, for example: // .jest/setEnvVars.js process.env.SOME_VAR = 'something'; process.env.SECRET = 'shh-do-not-tell-to-anyone'; // etc...