Jasmine: How to get name of current test

Question

Is there a way of getting the name of the currently running test?

Some (heavily simplified) code may help explain. I want to avoid the duplication of "test1" / "test2" in the calls to performTest:

describe("My test category", function () {      function performTest(uniqueName, speed) {         var result = functionUnderTest(uniqueName, speed);         expect(result).toBeTruthy();     }      it("test1", function () {         performTest("test1", "fast");     });      it("test2", function () {         performTest("test2", "slow");     }); }); 

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UPDATE I see the information I need is in:

jasmine.currentEnv_.currentSpec.description 

or probably better:

jasmine.getEnv().currentSpec.description 

Answer 1

jasmine.getEnv().currentSpec.description 

Answer 2

It's not pretty (introduces a global variable) but you can do it with a custom reporter:

// current-spec-reporter.js  global.currentSpec = null;  class CurrentSpecReporter {    specStarted(spec) {     global.currentSpec = spec;   }    specDone() {     global.currentSpec = null;   }  }  module.exports = CurrentSpecReporter; 

Add it to jasmine when you add your other reporters...

const CurrentSpecReporter = require('./current-spec-reporter.js'); // ... jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new CurrentSpecReporter());  

Then extract the test name during your test/setup as needed...

  it('Should have an accessible description', () => {     expect(global.currentSpec.description).toBe('Should have an accessible description');   }  

At last, see a sample of currentSpec structure:

{   "id":"spec15",   "description":"test1",   "fullName":"My test category test1",   "failedExpectations":[],   "passedExpectations":[],   "deprecationWarnings":[],   "pendingReason":"",   "duration":null,   "properties":null }