flush-cache

flush-cache

Flushes the internal node cache, useful (and recommended) when testing apps.

The node cache itself is useful and often needed, but when it comes to test you don't want to cache your modules which you are testing. This forces you to write isolated tests, which is a good thing.

usage

common

Require flush-cache and invoke the function to clear the whole cache.

something.js

console.log('such logs, much wows!')

app.js

const flush = require('flush-cache')

require('./something') // such logs, much wows!

flush()

// completely uncached & fresh object here:
require('./something') // such logs, much wows!

examples

mocha

You should add the flush method in a beforeEach in a describe or in a separate test file when you want to flush the cache in every single it.

const flush = require('flush-cache')

beforeEach(flush)
beforeEach(function () {
  this.myObject = require('...')
})

// or put both methods in a single method

beforeEach(function () {
  flush()

  this.myObject = require('...')
})

it('should test my object', function () {
  // this.myObject is now a fresh object in every single test case!
})

ava

You should add the flush method in a beforeEach.

import test from 'ava'
import flush from 'flush-cache'

test.beforeEach(flush)
test.beforeEach(t => {
  t.context.myObject = require('...')
})

test('first', t => {
  // t.context.myObject is now a fresh object in every single test case!
})