How to run cleanup with vows.js?

Question

I'm using Vows.js to test some node.js which is creating records in a database. As a result of this it creates some test records in the database. I'd like to remove these records once the tests have run. Is there a way to run a cleanup function when a batch of tests is run in Vows?

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 15 '12 at 21:51

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You can define the teardown function in your context that is executed once all the tests in your context are run.

vows.describe('Foo').addBatch({
    'A Context' : {
       topic : { foo: 'bar' },
       'it works' : function (topic) { assert.equal(topic.foo, "bar"); },
       teardown : function (topic) { topic.foo = "baz" }
    }
});

You can see this in Vows own tests.

edited Feb 15 '12 at 21:51

dscape

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answered Aug 15 '11 at 18:14

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 15 '11 at 16:53

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If it were me, I would use a separate test database when running automated tests, and empty that database before each test run.

answered Aug 15 '11 at 16:53

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 23 '13 at 12:04

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There's an open pull request for vows implementing afterSuite:

https://github.com/phstc/vows/commit/d5b40e85e924e06cca560b4d8d6a264528bbab2b

answered Jan 23 '13 at 12:04

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How to run cleanup with vows.js?

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