Custom reporter

If you don't like the way the built-in jasmine reporters look, you can always write your own.

More details on the Reporter interface can be found in the API docs

 

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
A jasmine reporter is just an object with the right functions available.
None of the functions here are required when creating a custom reporter, any that are not specified on your reporter will just be ignored.



Additionally, in Jasmine 3.0, these functions can all be asynchronous in the same way as the callbacks in your suite.
Either by receiving a done callback, returning a Promise, or using the async keyword

    		
    
      

        
var myReporter = {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
jasmineStarted



jasmineStarted is called after all of the specs have been loaded, but just before execution starts.

    		
    
      

        
  jasmineStarted: function(suiteInfo) {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
suiteInfo contains a property that tells how many specs have been defined

    		
    
      

        
    console.log('Running suite with '
      + suiteInfo.totalSpecsDefined);
  },

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
suiteStarted



suiteStarted is invoked when a describe starts to run

    		
    
      

        
  suiteStarted: function(result) {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
the result contains some meta data about the suite itself.

    		
    
      

        
    console.log('Suite started: '
      + result.description
      + ' whose full description is: '
      + result.fullName);
  },

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
specStarted



specStarted is invoked when an it starts to run (including associated beforeEach functions)

    		
    
      

        
  specStarted: function(result) {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
the result contains some meta data about the spec itself.

    		
    
      

        
    console.log('Spec started: '
      + result.description
      + ' whose full description is: '
      + result.fullName);
  },

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
specDone



specDone is invoked when an it and its associated beforeEach and afterEach functions have been run.



While jasmine doesn't require any specific functions, not defining a specDone will make it impossible for a reporter to know when a spec has failed.

    		
    
      

        
  specDone: function(result) {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
The result here is the same object as in specStarted but with the addition of a status and lists of failed and passed expectations.

    		
    
      

        
    console.log('Spec: '
      + result.description
      + ' was '
      + result.status);

    for(var i = 0; i < result.failedExpectations.length; i++) {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Each failedExpectation has a message that describes the failure and a stack trace.

    		
    
      

        
      console.log('Failure: '
        + result.failedExpectations[i].message);
      console.log(result.failedExpectations[i].stack);
    }

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
The passedExpectations are provided mostly for aggregate information.

    		
    
      

        
    console.log(result.passedExpectations.length);
  },

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
suiteDone



suiteDone is invoked when all of the child specs and suites for a given suite have been run



While jasmine doesn't require any specific functions, not defining a suiteDone will make it impossible for a reporter to know when a suite has failures.

    		
    
      

        
  suiteDone: function(result) {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
The result here is the same object as in suiteStarted but with the addition of a status and a list of failedExpectations.

    		
    
      

        
    console.log('Suite: '
      + result.description
      + ' was '
      + result.status);
    for(var i = 0; i < result.failedExpectations.length; i++) {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Each failedExpectation has a message that describes the failure and a stack trace.

    		
    
      

        
      console.log('Suite '
        + result.failedExpectations[i].message);
      console.log(result.failedExpectations[i].stack);
    }
  },

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
jasmineDone



When the entire suite has finished execution jasmineDone is called



While jasmine doesn't require any specific functions, not defining a jasmineDone will make it impossible for a reporter to know when there are global failures.

    		
    
      

        
  jasmineDone: function(result) {
    console.log('Finished suite: '
      + result.overallStatus);
    for(var i = 0; i < result.failedExpectations.length; i++) {

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Each failedExpectation has a message that describes the failure and a stack trace.

    		
    
      

        
      console.log('Global '
        + result.failedExpectations[i].message);
      console.log(result.failedExpectations[i].stack);
    }
  }
};

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
Register the reporter with jasmine

    		
    
      

        
jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(myReporter);

      

    		
  

  

    
      

        
      

      
If you write a custom reporter, you should make sure it handles all of the failure modes Jasmine can report on.
Note: The way some of the failures are reported has changed in Jasmine 3.0



To help with this, we have a few example Jasmine suites that you can check your reporter against.
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  • Failure types should have global failures that are reported to jasmineDone, suite level failures at suiteDone and spec level failures at specDone. Your reporter should display a total of 5 errors to the user.
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  • Exclusions should report the non-fdescribed specs as having not been run. The reporter terminology for this has changed in Jasmine 3.0 and is now called excluded to more accurately represent the state of the suite.
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