this.test.file is null when test is executing in UI Runner

While running Cypress SPEC files, I would like to perform some actions in order to help with custom reporting (like: Updating the mochaFile name based on the current test file being run) - the reference to the this.test.file is always null when the file is executing and inaccessible when running the before/beforeEach hooks.

The before/beforeEach hook would be the ideal location to access and set the behavior of the mochaFile configuration.

Current behavior:

console.log(this.test.file) -> output is null. console.log(this.test) -> file: null

Desired behavior:

console.log(this.test.file) -> output something like: Cypress.config('integrationsFolder') + "example_spec.js" OR the fully qualified path of the test file being executed. Ideally this value would be available when the centralized before/beforeEach/after/afterEach hooks are executed (i.e. these hooks are normally placed within $CYPRESS_HOME/support/index.js.

before hook desired implementation:

var testFile = path.basename(this.test.file, '.js');
var reporterOpts = Cypress.config('reporterOptions');
var mochaFile = reporterOptions.mochaFile;
var resultsDir = path.dirname(mochaFile);
reporterOpts.mochaFile = resultsDir + '/' + testFile + '_test_results.xml';

Steps to reproduce:

describe('Get Test File name', function() {
    it('Display file name', function() {
        console.log('Test file name: ' + this.test.file);
        console.log('Test Object:')
        console.log(this.test)
    })
})

Versions

Windows 10, Chrome 67, Cypress 3.0.1 Node.js: 8.11.1 npm: 5.6.0

[jennifer-shehane]

Hey @scspieker, sorry for the delay in the response. You should be able to use Cypress.spec to access the current spec, including its name.

[scspieker]

There seems to be an element that would contain the value that I am looking for as outlined in: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/2141

The element that I am referring to is: runs[].spec.name would be ideal.

Now the question becomes, how could I access this information within the Before hook?