How to get Mocha's test name before?

Question

I am trying to get the current name describeinside the hook before, for example:

describe('increasing 3 times', function() {

  before(function() {
    console.log('test name');
  });

  ...

});

I basically want to get the string “3x magnification” at the beginning.

How can I do that?

Thank!

Answer 1

Here is the code that illustrates how you can do this:

describe("top", function () {
    before(function () {
        console.log("full title:", this.test.fullTitle());
        console.log("parent title:", this.test.parent.title);
    });

    it("test 1", function () {});
});

Run with the reporter spec, this will output:

full title: top "before all" hook
parent title: top
    ✓ test 1 


  1 passing (4ms)

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