#Configure Rstest

#Configuration file

When you use the CLI of Rstest, Rstest will automatically read the configuration file in the root directory of the current project and resolve it in the following order:

• rstest.config.mjs
• rstest.config.ts
• rstest.config.js
• rstest.config.cjs
• rstest.config.mts
• rstest.config.cts

We recommend using the .mjs or .ts format for the configuration file and importing the defineConfig utility function from @rstest/core. It provides friendly TypeScript type hints and autocompletion, which can help you avoid errors in the configuration.

import { defineConfig } from '@rstest/core';

export default defineConfig({
  testEnvironment: 'node',
});

If you are developing a non-TypeScript project, you can use the .mjs format for the configuration file.

#Specify config file

Rstest CLI uses the --config option to specify the config file, which can be set to a relative path or an absolute path.

{
  "scripts": {
    "test": "rstest --config scripts/rstest.config.mjs"
  }
}

You can also abbreviate the --config option to -c:

rstest -c scripts/rstest.config.mjs

#Detect Rstest environment

You can use process.env.RSTEST to detect whether it is an Rstest test environment to apply different configurations/codes in your tests.

if (process.env.RSTEST) {
  // 'true' will be returned in the rstest environment
  // do something...
}

It should be noted that if you use process.env.RSTEST in your source code, define process.env.RSTEST as false in your build configuration (such as rsbuild.config.ts) during production builds, this will help the bundler eliminate dead code.

import { defineConfig } from '@rsbuild/core';

export default defineConfig({
  source: {
    define: {
+      'process.env.RSTEST': false,
    },
  },
});

If you are developing the Rsbuild plugin, you can use api.context.callerName to determine the current plugin is being called.

export const myPlugin = {
  name: 'my-plugin',
  setup(api) {
    const { callerName } = api.context;

    if (callerName === 'rstest') {
      // ...
    } else if (callerName === 'rsbuild') {
      // ...
    }
  },
};