MapleLeaf 🍁M
Convex Community•3y ago•
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MapleLeaf 🍁

e2e testing with preview deployments

I'm trying to get a setup where I can run e2e tests in Github CI against a preview environment. Here's what I have:

      - name: Build with Convex deploy
        run: pnpm convex deploy
          --cmd "pnpm run build"
          --cmd-url-env-var-name VITE_PUBLIC_CONVEX_URL
          --preview-name "e2e-${{ github.ref_name }}"
        env:
          CONVEX_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.CONVEX_DEPLOY_KEY }}

      - name: Run Playwright tests
        run: pnpm run e2e
        env:
          CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY }}
          CLERK_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLERK_SECRET_KEY }}


I want my tests to run seed functions before they go, e.g.
test.beforeAll(async ({ page }) => {
    await execa("pnpm", ["convex", "run", "seed:characters"], {
        stdio: "inherit",
    })
})

test("navigating characters", async ({ page }) => {
    // etc
})


this doesn't work in CI because the tests are ran outside the convex deploy context and don't have the CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT environment variable

I can --preview-run seed:characters, but I want to be able to run specific functions for specific tests to replicate certain setup scenarios without the test going through the UI to do so

so my question is: how can I pass the info from convex deploy such that I can run functions during the tests?
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