its-name

Given (Mocha) test object, walks it up to give you list of context names

Install

Requires Node version 6 or above.

npm install --save its-name

Use

If you have a test instance, for example when running Mocha you can find the list of names starting from the top level describe down to the test's own name. From inside test just pass this instance.

const itsName = require('its-name')
describe('its-name', () => {
  describe('nested describe', () => {
    context('inner context', () => {
      it('finds all names', function () {
        const names = itsName(this)
        // ["its-name", "nested-describe", "inner context", "finds all names"]
      })
    })
  })
})

Note: if the test instance is an arrow function - its context will NOT be the test object, instead it will be the parent closure.

const itsName = require('its-name')
it('works', function () {
  itsName(this)
  // ["works"]
})
it('does not work', () => {
  itsName(this)
  // throws an error
})

Small print

Author: Gleb Bahmutov <[email protected]> © 2017

• @bahmutov
• glebbahmutov.com
• blog

License: MIT - do anything with the code, but don't blame me if it does not work.

Support: if you find any problems with this module, email / tweet / open issue on Github

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Gleb Bahmutov <[email protected]>

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