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@abetomo/simply-imitated-sqs
Advanced tools
Simply imitated SQS for testing
Simple SQS class that can be used for local test. You do not even need to use Docker.
You can send, receive and delete data, so you can do better unit tests than with mocks.
% npm install -D @abetomo/simply-imitated-sqs
sqs
instance// !!!
// If the value of the environment variable LOCAL_TEST is set,
// it will be tested with SimplyImitatedSQS
import AWS from 'aws-sdk'
import SimplyImitatedSQS from '@abetomo/simply-imitated-sqs'
const sqs = (() => {
// !!! If environment variable is set, use SimplyImitatedSQS
if (process.env.LOCAL_TEST === '1') {
return new SimplyImitatedSQS()
}
return new AWS.SQS({
region: 'us-east-1',
apiVersion: '2012-11-05'
})
})()
//
// do something
//
// !!!
// If the value of the environment variable LOCAL_TEST is set,
// it will be tested with SimplyImitatedSQS
//
import AWS from 'aws-sdk'
import { Server } from '@abetomo/simply-imitated-sqs'
const sqs = new AWS.SQS({
region: 'us-east-1',
apiVersion: '2012-11-05'
})
// Existing code remains the same except booting the server
// and reassigning the `queueUrl`.
const server = new Server()
let queueUrl = 'https://sqs.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/xxx/test'
if (process.env.LOCAL_TEST === '1') {
/// !!! Server start and `queueUrl` reassignment
queueUrl = server.run({
port: '1234',
host: 'localhost'
})
}
// sendMessage
try {
const params = {
QueueUrl: queueUrl,
MessageBody: 'hoge' + (new Date()).toString()
}
const res = await sqs.sendMessage(params).promise()
console.log('+++\n%s\n+++', JSON.stringify(res, null, ' '))
} catch (err) {
console.error(err)
}
//
// do something
//
if (process.env.LOCAL_TEST === '1') {
// !!! Finally shutdown the server
console.log('server shutdown')
server.close()
}
# Access AWS.
% node example.js
# Local Completion Test
% LOCAL_TEST=1 node example.js
FAQs
Simply imitated SQS for testing
We found that @abetomo/simply-imitated-sqs demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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