Command Line Arguments

Some grunt test commands are equipped with further customizations that will allow a developer to pass command line arguments. This will allow them to change certain values when the application is under test to avoid collisions when testing within a build pipeline.

These commands are:

• grunt test
• grunt test:robot
• grunt test:robot:local

The following is a list of command line arguments that can be used to customize the application when running particular test commands.

Argument	Description	Usage
--host	Adding the host argument overrides the host within the grunt task and robot tests. If not set, it will default to http://localhost:3000.	Remote
--dbname	this will set a database name for the test to use when running locally	Local
--port	this will set the port that the application will start on when running locally. Defaults to 3000 or 80 (when host is set)	Local
--browser	this will set the browser for the robot tests to use. Defaults to phantomjs	Any
--env	this will set which grunt-env to update and add environment variables to. Defaults to dev	Local

Example:

$ grunt test:robot:local --dbname=mean-unique-db --port=2000