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Environment variables (process.env.*) cannot be overwritten at test time if they are contained in a different file from the test subject

See original GitHub issue

Test Source

// ./config.js
console.log('./config.js', 'process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY', process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY);

export const googleApiKey = process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY;

// ./findNearbyGoogleCountries.js
import {
  googleApiKey
} from './config';

export default () => {
  console.log('./findNearbyGoogleCountries.js', 'process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY', process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY);
};

Error Message & Stack Trace

./config.js process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY undefined
./findNearbyGoogleCountries.js process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY foo
  ✖ makes a request using the GOOGLE_API_KEY false === true
Unhandled Rejection: test/services/findNearbyGoogleCountries.js
  Error: Missing Google API key.
    /src/findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:19:11
    Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    step (/src/findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:19:191)
    /src/findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:19:437
    /src/findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:19:99
    exports.default (/src/findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:53:17)
    Test.<anonymous> (findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:23:3)
    Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    Test.__dirname [as fn] (findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:16:1)
    _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
    process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)




  1 test failed [22:52:14]
  1 unhandled rejection


  1. makes a request using the GOOGLE_API_KEY
  AssertionError: false === true
    Test.<anonymous> (findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:25:3)
    Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    Test.__dirname [as fn] (findNearbyGoogleCountries.js:16:1)
    _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
    process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)

Config

Copy the relevant section from package.json:

{
  "ava": {
    "babel": "inherit",
    "require": [
      "babel-register"
    ]
  }
}

Command-Line Arguments

ava --verbose

Environment

Node.js v7.0.0
darwin 16.1.0
0.16.0
3.10.8

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

14reactions

sindresorhuscommented, Nov 10, 2016

@novemberborn process is requirable:

require('process');

1reaction

novemberborncommented, Nov 10, 2016

Where are you setting / overwriting the variable?

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