Hi. I have cloned the repo a <https://github.com/p...
# pact-jst
Tam Norris
05/01/2023, 6:08 PMHi. I have cloned the repo a https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-js/tree/master/examples and am looking at the typescript example. I can run this fine, however I tried to copy the typescript example folder to a different location on my laptop so that I could use this as a template without the code for other examples. I deleted the node_modules folder and ran npm i again, but when I run the tests I get the error ...TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION]: Unknown file extension ".ts". Does anyone know why this is? Is it something to do with the fact that parent package.json or tsconfig.json are not it folder I copied across? Thanks.
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Timothy Jones
05/01/2023, 10:55 PMDid you also delete package lock?
Timothy Jones
05/01/2023, 10:57 PMAh! This is a mocha problem. When run in-situ, it will be picking up this config file-
https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-js/blob/master/.mocharc.json<https://github.com/pact-foundation/pact-js/blob/master/.mocharc.json|
Which has the typescript settings in it
Timothy Jones
05/01/2023, 11:05 PMYou’ll need to copy that file in to your directory
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Tam Norris
05/03/2023, 7:41 PMThanks. This resolved it (after I changed 'src' to 'test'.
Tam Norris
05/03/2023, 8:16 PMWhat do you mean 'run in situ'?
Tam Norris
05/03/2023, 8:26 PMit seems to run tests based on the path specified in the mocharc.json file even if the specific path is specified in the package.json scripts.
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Timothy Jones
05/04/2023, 5:15 AMSorry, by “run in situ” I meant running the example directly without the rest of pact-js around it. It wasn’t a good way to explain what I meant.
Yes, mocha has some unintuitive preference rules
Timothy Jones
05/04/2023, 5:16 AM*precedence
Timothy Jones
05/04/2023, 5:16 AMI think Jest is more popular these days. Pact doesn’t care which test runner you use
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Tam Norris
05/04/2023, 2:13 PMOk, thanks Timothy. Think Im just using mocha as that came with example I am learning from and don'r know how to add jest and remove mocha without breaking the whole thing.
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Timothy Jones
05/04/2023, 3:00 PMIt shouldn’t matter which one you use
Timothy Jones
05/04/2023, 3:01 PMIf you already know Jest, I can put together an example for you over the weekend, but if you don’t know either I would just stick with Mocha
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Tam Norris
05/05/2023, 1:49 PMThanks for the offer. I have used jest with other api test frameworks before so should probably give it a go myself. Its not the using of it that will cause me issues its resolving all the conflicts with current framework I am using.