6.1. Medusa Testing Tools

In this chapter, you'll learn about Medusa's testing tools and how to install and configure them.

@medusajs/test-utils Package#

Medusa provides a @medusajs/test-utils package with utility tools to create integration tests for your custom API routes, modules, or other Medusa customizations.

Install @medusajs/test-utils#

To use the @medusajs/test-utils package, install it as a devDependency:


Install and Configure Jest#

Writing tests with @medusajs/test-utils's tools requires installing and configuring Jest in your project.

NoteIf your Medusa project was created after September 3rd, Jest is already installed and configured.

Run the following command to install the required Jest dependencies:

Then, create the file jest.config.js with the following content:

jest.config.js
1const { loadEnv } = require("@medusajs/framework/utils")2loadEnv("test", process.cwd())3
4module.exports = {5  transform: {6    "^.+\\.[jt]s$": [7      "@swc/jest",8      {9        jsc: {10          parser: { syntax: "typescript", decorators: true },11        },12      },13    ],14  },15  testEnvironment: "node",16  moduleFileExtensions: ["js", "ts", "json"],17  modulePathIgnorePatterns: ["dist/"],18}19
20if (process.env.TEST_TYPE === "integration:http") {21  module.exports.testMatch = ["**/integration-tests/http/*.spec.[jt]s"]22} else if (process.env.TEST_TYPE === "integration:modules") {23  module.exports.testMatch = ["**/src/modules/*/__tests__/**/*.[jt]s"]24} else if (process.env.TEST_TYPE === "unit") {25  module.exports.testMatch = ["**/src/**/__tests__/**/*.unit.spec.[jt]s"]26}

Add Test Commands#

Finally, add the following scripts to package.json:

package.json
1"scripts": {2  // ...3  "test:integration:http": "TEST_TYPE=integration:http NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --silent=false --runInBand --forceExit",4  "test:integration:modules": "TEST_TYPE=integration:modules NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --silent --runInBand --forceExit",5  "test:unit": "TEST_TYPE=unit NODE_OPTIONS=--experimental-vm-modules jest --silent --runInBand --forceExit"6},

You now have two commands:

  • test:integration:http to run integration tests (for example, for API routes and workflows) available under the integration-tests/http directory.
  • test:integration:modules to run integration tests for modules available in any __tests__ directory under src/modules.
  • test:unit to run unit tests in any __tests__ directory under the src directory.
NoteMedusa provides utility tools for integration tests only. You can write unit tests using Jest.

Test Tools and Writing Tests#

The next chapters explain how to use the testing tools provided by @medusajs/test-utils to write tests.

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