Resource directory for tests in a Play application

Question

I need some resources (text files) for my tests in a Scala Play 2.0 application. Where can I put these files?

In a maven app I would put them into src/test/resources, but I cannot find anything about an equal directory in the Play documentation.

I can put them in the confdirectory, but I only need them when I test the application.

score 49 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '12 at 20:50

49

Call

play "show test:resource-directory"

in the console and it shows you the absolute path to your resource directory in test mode. It will be in "test/resources".

"show" is a sbt command (or task) that enables you to retrieve the values of settings.

answered Oct 06 '12 at 20:50

Schleichardt

Thanks, that works. I didn't know about the show-command before. – Sonson123 Oct 06 '12 at 21:54
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The same works for **activator** projects. Just run `activator "show test:resource-directory"` instead. – Zoltán Apr 09 '15 at 08:37
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And of course with plain **sbt**: `sbt "show test:resource-directory"` – Zoltán Apr 09 '15 at 08:38
Excellent response! Thank you for taking the time to answer the meta question of how to get the information as well. – Chris May 01 '15 at 23:04
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In new SBT it's `sbt "show test:resourceDirectory"` – SathOkh Aug 02 '19 at 09:23

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '20 at 07:31

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Elevating SathOkh's comment for more visibility.

With sbt 1.3.13:

$ sbt "show test:resourceDirectory"
...
[info] /path/to/project/test/resources

answered Oct 25 '20 at 07:31

user1338062

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 23 '23 at 06:45

0

or nowadays, less deprecated:

$ sbt "show Test/resourceDirectory"
...
[info] /path/to/project/test/resources

answered May 23 '23 at 06:45

Michel Verbist

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