Codeceptjs: How to run a single test?

[TestdeTester]

I can run the tests by the cmd ''codeceptjs run --steps''. But I wonder if it is possible to run only a single test.

My Case:
In a folder "A" I have my json file and 2 folders: 1 output folder, 1 folder which is called ''tests'' in which you can find the 2 js tests files (A1 and A2 for example).

When I hit the cmd "codeceptjs run --steps" in my cd of Folder A it will run the tests A1 and A2. But now I only want to run the test A2. What command I should use to do that so? Have searched for the answer but can't find it myself:( so hopefully someone can help me!

Thanx in advance for helping:).

[DavertMik]

Yes, sure, just provide a test name as 3rd parameter.

codeceptjs run . my_test.js

Probably this can be improved so you could specify only test name without a parent dir, I hope this will go in next versions

[adrianblynch]

Is there a way to run multiple files?

I have my tests in a subdirectory and want to run them from my package.json:

{
  ...
  "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon index.js --ignore 'test/' --ignore 'apps/'",
    "test": "npm run test:api && npm run test:e2e",
    "test:api": "ava test/ava --verbose --timeout 3s",
    "test:e2e": "codeceptjs ./test/e2e"
  }
  ...
}

test:e2e is where I'm trying to fire off all tests in ./test/e2e/.

I've tried codeceptjs run test/e2e *.js --debug and other variations.

My codecept.json config is:

{
  ...
  "tests": "./*.js",
  "output": "./output",
  ...
}

Am I missing a trick on how to run all tests in a folder without being in the test root?

---

And in asking the above I realised the config contains "tests": "./*.js". So specifying only the root test directory did the trick: codeceptjs run test/e2e --steps.

[DavertMik]

I think for this case you may use --grep parameter. What if you add @api to all test names that include api testing and then execute them as

codecept run --grep "@api"

[DavertMik]

Btw, I added new page to docs just about command execution options. http://codecept.io/commands/

[TestdeTester]

Hmm didn't see this was in the closed section. Anyways, it worked out, thanx for helping and adding new page to docs.

[sumiagar]

how can I add more than 1 test file into config file
tests: './testcases/portal/Portal.js', I want to execute 2 test files from different directories

[elukoyanov]

@sumiagar , use a pattern
tests: './testcases/**/*.js'

[sumiagar]

@sumiagar , use a pattern
tests: './testcases/**/*.js'

Thanks for reply .
I want to run below two files
'./testcases/portal/Portal.js'
'./testcases/settings/settings.js'

testcases have other directories also.

[ab-step-by-step]

@sumiagar did you find a way to run only those 2 test files and nothing else?
I am having the same problem now where I have many test files but I only want to run 2 of them.
For some reason, using --grep "commonName" is not finding any test files to run...

[mirao]

@ab-step-by-step If you have two test files TestA_test.js and TestB_test.js containing Feature("TestA") and Feature("TestB"), you can run all scenarios in them using codeceptjs run --grep 'TestA|TestB'