Monocart Coverage Reports
A code coverage tool to generate native V8 reports or Istanbul reports.
Usage
It's recommended to use Node.js 20+.
npm install monocart-coverage-reports
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const mcr = MCR({
name: 'My Coverage Report - 2024-02-28',
outputDir: './coverage-reports',
reports: ["v8", "console-details"],
cleanCache: true
});
await mcr.add(coverageData);
await mcr.generate();
Using import
and load options from config file
import { CoverageReport } from 'monocart-coverage-reports';
const mcr = new CoverageReport();
await mcr.loadConfig();
For more information, see Multiprocessing Support
mcr node my-app.js -r v8,console-details
For more information, see Command Line
Options
Available Reports
V8 build-in reports (V8 data only):
v8
- Features:
- A Brand-New V8 Coverage Report User Interface
- Support for Native Byte Statistics
- Coverage for Any Runtime Code
- CSS Coverage Support
- Better Support for Sourcemap Conversion
- Demos: V8 and more
Istanbul build-in reports (both V8 and Istanbul data):
clover
cobertura
html
html-spa
json
json-summary
lcov
lcovonly
none
teamcity
text
text-lcov
text-summary
Other build-in reports (both V8 and Istanbul data):
console-details
Show file coverage and uncovered lines in the console. Like text
, but for V8. For Github actions, we can enforce color with env: FORCE_COLOR: true
.
-
raw
only keep all original data, which can be used for other reports input with inputDir
-
Custom Reporter
{
reports: [
[path.resolve('./test/custom-istanbul-reporter.js'), {
type: 'istanbul',
file: 'custom-istanbul-coverage.text'
}],
[path.resolve('./test/custom-v8-reporter.js'), {
type: 'v8',
outputFile: 'custom-v8-coverage.json'
}],
[path.resolve('./test/custom-v8-reporter.mjs'), {
type: 'both'
}]
]
}
example: ./test/custom-istanbul-reporter.js, see istanbul built-in reporters' implementation for reference.
example: ./test/custom-v8-reporter.js
Multiple Reports:
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const coverageOptions = {
outputDir: './coverage-reports',
reports: [
['console-summary'],
['v8'],
['html', {
subdir: 'istanbul'
}],
['json', {
file: 'my-json-file.json'
}],
'lcovonly',
["custom-reporter-1"],
["custom-reporter-2", {
type: "istanbul",
key: "value"
}],
['/absolute/path/to/custom-reporter.js']
]
}
const mcr = MCR(coverageOptions);
Compare Reports
Collecting Istanbul Coverage Data
Collecting V8 Coverage Data
Collecting V8 Coverage Data with Playwright
await Promise.all([
page.coverage.startJSCoverage({
resetOnNavigation: false
}),
page.coverage.startCSSCoverage({
resetOnNavigation: false
})
]);
await page.goto("your page url");
const [jsCoverage, cssCoverage] = await Promise.all([
page.coverage.stopJSCoverage(),
page.coverage.stopCSSCoverage()
]);
const coverageData = [... jsCoverage, ... cssCoverage];
For more examples, see ./test/test-v8.js, and anonymous, css
Collecting Raw V8 Coverage Data with Puppeteer
await Promise.all([
page.coverage.startJSCoverage({
resetOnNavigation: false,
includeRawScriptCoverage: true
}),
page.coverage.startCSSCoverage({
resetOnNavigation: false
})
]);
await page.goto("your page url");
const [jsCoverage, cssCoverage] = await Promise.all([
page.coverage.stopJSCoverage(),
page.coverage.stopCSSCoverage()
]);
const coverageData = [... jsCoverage.map((it) => {
return {
source: it.text,
... it.rawScriptCoverage
};
}), ... cssCoverage];
Example: ./test/test-puppeteer.js
Collecting V8 Coverage Data from Node.js
Possible solutions:
-
NODE_V8_COVERAGE=dir
- Sets Node.js env
NODE_V8_COVERAGE
=dir
before the program running, the coverage data will be saved to the dir
after the program exits gracefully. - Read the JSON file(s) from the
dir
and generate coverage report. - Example:
cross-env NODE_V8_COVERAGE=.temp/v8-coverage-env
node ./test/test-node-env.js && node ./test/generate-report.js
-
V8 API + NODE_V8_COVERAGE
- Writing the coverage started by NODE_V8_COVERAGE to disk on demand with
v8.takeCoverage()
, it does not require waiting until the program exits gracefully. - Example:
cross-env NODE_V8_COVERAGE=.temp/v8-coverage-api
node ./test/test-node-api.js
-
Inspector API
- Connecting to the V8 inspector and enable V8 coverage.
- Taking coverage data and adding it to the report.
- Example:
node ./test/test-node-ins.js
-
CDP API
- Enabling Node Debugging.
- Collecting coverage data with CDP API.
- Example:
node --inspect=9229 ./test/test-node-cdp.js
-
Node Debugging + CDP + NODE_V8_COVERAGE + V8 API
- When the program starts a server, it will not exit on its own, thus requiring a manual invocation of the
v8.takeCoverage()
interface to manually collect coverage data. Remote invocation of the v8.takeCoverage()
interface can be accomplished through the Runtime.evaluate
of the CDP. - Example for koa web server:
node ./test/test-node-koa.js
-
Child Process + NODE_V8_COVERAGE
Collecting V8 Coverage Data with CDPClient
API
startJSCoverage: () => Promise<void>;
stopJSCoverage: () => Promise<V8CoverageEntry[]>;
startCSSCoverage: () => Promise<void>;
stopCSSCoverage: () => Promise<V8CoverageEntry[]>;
startCoverage: () => Promise<void>;
stopCoverage: () => Promise<V8CoverageEntry[]>;
writeCoverage: () => Promise<string>;
getIstanbulCoverage: (coverageKey?: string) => Promise<any>;
- Work with node debugger port
--inspect=9229
or browser debugging port --remote-debugging-port=9229
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const client = await MCR.CDPClient({
port: 9229
});
await client.startJSCoverage();
const coverageData = await client.stopJSCoverage();
const { chromium } = require('playwright');
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const browser = await chromium.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
const session = await page.context().newCDPSession(page);
const client = await MCR.CDPClient({
session
});
await client.startCoverage();
await page.goto("your page url");
const coverageData = await client.stopCoverage();
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({});
const page = await browser.newPage();
const session = await page.target().createCDPSession();
const client = await MCR.CDPClient({
session
});
await client.startCoverage();
await page.goto("your page url");
const coverageData = await client.stopCoverage();
const { Builder, Browser } = require('selenium-webdriver');
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const driver = await new Builder().forBrowser(Browser.CHROME).build();
const pageCdpConnection = await driver.createCDPConnection('page');
const session = new MCR.WSSession(pageCdpConnection._wsConnection);
const client = await MCR.CDPClient({
session
})
V8 Coverage Data API
export interface CoverageRange {
startOffset: integer;
endOffset: integer;
count: integer;
}
export interface FunctionCoverage {
functionName: string;
ranges: CoverageRange[];
isBlockCoverage: boolean;
}
export interface ScriptCoverage {
scriptId: Runtime.ScriptId;
url: string;
functions: FunctionCoverage[];
}
export type V8CoverageData = ScriptCoverage[];
Using entryFilter
and sourceFilter
to filter the results for V8 report
When V8 coverage data collected, it actually contains the data of all entry files, for example:
- dist/main.js
- dist/vendor.js
- dist/something-else.js
We can use entryFilter
to filter the entry files. For example, we should remove vendor.js
and something-else.js
if they are not in our coverage scope.
When inline or linked sourcemap exists to the entry file, the source files will be extracted from the sourcemap for the entry file, and the entry file will be removed if logging
is not debug
.
- src/index.js
- src/components/app.js
- node_modules/dependency/dist/dependency.js
We can use sourceFilter
to filter the source files. For example, we should remove dependency.js
if it is not in our coverage scope.
- src/index.js
- src/components/app.js
For example:
const coverageOptions = {
entryFilter: (entry) => entry.url.indexOf("main.js") !== -1,
sourceFilter: (sourcePath) => sourcePath.search(/src\//) !== -1
};
Or using minimatch
pattern:
const coverageOptions = {
entryFilter: "**/main.js",
sourceFilter: "**/src/**"
};
Supports multiple patterns:
const coverageOptions = {
entryFilter: {
'**/node_modules/**': false,
'**/vendor.js': false,
'**/src/**': true
},
sourceFilter: {
'**/node_modules/**': false,
'**/**': true
}
};
In fact, the minimatch
patterns will be transformed to a function like:
const coverageOptions = {
entryFilter: (entry) => {
if (minimatch(entry.url, '**/node_modules/**')) { return false; }
if (minimatch(entry.url, '**/vendor.js')) { return false; }
if (minimatch(entry.url, '**/src/**')) { return true; }
return false;
}
};
Resolve sourcePath
for the Source Files
If the source file comes from the sourcemap, then its path is a virtual path. Using the sourcePath
option to resolve a custom path.
For example, we have tested multiple dist files, which contain some common files. We hope to merge the coverage of the same files, so we need to unify the sourcePath
in order to be able to merge the coverage data.
const coverageOptions = {
sourcePath: (filePath) => {
const list = ['my-dist-file1/', 'my-dist-file2/'];
for (const str of list) {
if (filePath.startsWith(str)) {
return filePath.slice(str.length);
}
}
return filePath;
}
};
It also supports simple key/value replacement:
const coverageOptions = {
sourcePath: {
'my-dist-file1/': '',
'my-dist-file2/': ''
}
};
Adding Empty Coverage for Untested Files
By default the untested files will not be included in the coverage report, we can add empty coverage data for all files with option all
, the untested files will show 0% coverage.
const coverageOptions = {
all: {
dir: ['./src'],
filter: (filePath) => {
return true;
}
}
};
The filter also supports minimatch
pattern:
const coverageOptions = {
all: {
dir: ['./src'],
filter: '**/*.js'
}
};
const coverageOptions = {
all: {
dir: ['./src'],
filter: {
'**/ignored-*.js': false,
'**/*.html': false,
'**/*.ts': false,
'**/*.scss': "css",
'**/*': true
}
}
};
onEnd Hook
For example, checking thresholds:
const EC = require('eight-colors');
const coverageOptions = {
name: 'My Coverage Report',
outputDir: './coverage-reports',
onEnd: (coverageResults) => {
const thresholds = {
bytes: 80,
lines: 60
};
console.log('check thresholds ...', thresholds);
const errors = [];
const { summary } = coverageResults;
Object.keys(thresholds).forEach((k) => {
const pct = summary[k].pct;
if (pct < thresholds[k]) {
errors.push(`Coverage threshold for ${k} (${pct} %) not met: ${thresholds[k]} %`);
}
});
if (errors.length) {
const errMsg = errors.join('\n');
console.log(EC.red(errMsg));
}
}
}
Ignoring Uncovered Codes
To ignore codes, use the special comment which starts with v8 ignore
:
function uncovered() {
}
- Ignoring the next line or next N lines
const os = platform === 'wind32' ? 'Windows' : 'Other';
const os = platform === 'wind32' ? 'Windows' : 'Other';
if (platform === 'linux') {
console.log('hello linux');
}
Multiprocessing Support
The data will be added to [outputDir]/.cache
, After the generation of the report, this data will be removed unless debugging has been enabled or a raw report has been used, see Debug for Coverage and Sourcemap
- Main process, before the start of testing
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const coverageOptions = require('path-to/same-options.js');
const mcr = MCR(coverageOptions);
mcr.cleanCache();
- Sub process 1, testing stage 1
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const coverageOptions = require('path-to/same-options.js');
const mcr = MCR(coverageOptions);
await mcr.add(coverageData1);
- Sub process 2, testing stage 2
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const coverageOptions = require('path-to/same-options.js');
const mcr = MCR(coverageOptions);
await mcr.add(coverageData2);
- Main process, after the completion of testing
const MCR = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const coverageOptions = require('path-to/same-options.js');
const mcr = MCR(coverageOptions);
await mcr.generate();
Command Line
The CLI will run the program as a child process with NODE_V8_COVERAGE=dir
until it exits gracefully, and generate the coverage report with the coverage data from the dir
.
npm i monocart-coverage-reports -g
mcr node ./test/specs/node.test.js -r v8,console-details --lcov
npm i monocart-coverage-reports
npx mcr node ./test/specs/node.test.js -r v8,console-details --lcov
Usage: mcr [options] [command]
CLI to generate coverage reports
Arguments:
command command to execute
Options:
-v, --version output the current version
-c, --config <path> custom config file path
-l, --logging <logging> off, error, info, debug
-n, --name <name> report name for title
-r, --reports <name[,name]> coverage reports to use
-o, --outputDir <dir> output dir for reports
-i, --inputDir <dir> input dir for merging raw files
--entryFilter <pattern> entry url filter
--sourceFilter <pattern> source path filter
--outputFile <path> output file for v8 report
--inline inline html for v8 report
--assetsPath <path> assets path if not inline
--lcov generate lcov.info file
--import <module> preload module at startup
--require <module> preload module at startup
-h, --help display help for command
- Use
--
to separate sub CLI args
mcr -c mcr.config.js -- sub-cli -c sub-cli.config.js
Config File
Loading config file by priority:
- Custom config file:
- CLI:
mcr --config <my-config-file-path>
- API:
await mcr.loadConfig("my-config-file-path")
mcr.config.js
mcr.config.cjs
mcr.config.mjs
mcr.config.json
- json formatmcr.config.ts
(requires preloading the ts execution module).mcrrc.js
.mcrrc
- json format
Merge Coverage Reports
The following usage scenarios may require merging coverage reports:
- When the code is executed in different environments, like Node.js server side and browser client side (Next.js for instance). Each environment may generate its own coverage report. Merging them can give a more comprehensive view of the test coverage.
- When the code is subjected to different kinds of testing. For example, unit tests with Jest might cover certain parts of the code, while end-to-end tests with Playwright might cover other parts. Merging these different coverage reports can provide a holistic view of what code has been tested.
- When tests are run on different machines or containers, each might produce its own coverage report. Merging these can give a complete picture of the test coverage across all machines or shards.
Automatic Merging
MCR
will automatically merge all the added coverage data when executing generate()
. And it supports adding coverage data asynchronously across processes, see Multiprocessing Support- For Next.js, it can actually add coverage data including both server side and client side before executing
generate()
, see example nextjs-with-playwright - Use Codecov, a popular online code coverage service, which supports automatic merging of reports. Please use report
codecov
, it will generate report file codecov.json
. If multiple codecov.json
files are generated, upload all these files, they will be automatically merged. see Codecov and merging reports
Manual Merging
If the reports cannot be merged automatically, then here is how to manually merge the reports.
First, using the raw
report to export the original coverage data to the specified directory.
- For example, we have
raw
coverage data from unit tests, which is output to ./coverage-reports/unit/raw
const coverageOptions = {
name: 'My Unit Test Coverage Report',
outputDir: "./coverage-reports/unit",
reports: [
['raw', {
outputDir: "raw"
}],
['v8'],
['console-details']
]
};
- We also have
raw
coverage data from e2e tests, which is output to ./coverage-reports/e2e/raw
- Create a script
merge-coverage.js
to generate a merged report with option inputDir
. After all the tests are completed, running script node path/to/merge-coverage.js
const fs = require('fs');
const { CoverageReport } = require('monocart-coverage-reports');
const inputDir = [
'./coverage-reports/unit/raw',
'./coverage-reports/e2e/raw'
];
const coverageOptions = {
name: 'My Merged Coverage Report',
inputDir,
outputDir: './coverage-reports/merged',
entryFilter: {
'**/node_modules/**': false,
'**/*': true
},
sourceFilter: {
'**/node_modules/**': false,
'**/src/**': true
},
sourcePath: (filePath, info) => {
return filePath;
},
reports: [
['v8'],
['console-details']
],
onEnd: () => {
}
};
await new CoverageReport(coverageOptions).generate();
- All the command scripts are probably like following:
{
"scripts": {
"test:unit": "jest",
"test:e2e": "playwright test",
"merge-coverage": "node path/to/merge-coverage.js",
"test": "npm run test:unit && npm run test:e2e && npm run merge-coverage"
}
}
Common issues
Unexpected coverage
In most cases, it happens when the coverage of the generated code is converted to the coverage of the original code through a sourcemap. In other words, it's an issue with the sourcemap. Most of the time, we can solve this by setting minify
to false
in the configuration of build tools. Let's take a look at an example:
const a = tf ? 'true' : 'false';
^ ^ ^
m1 p m2
In the generated code, there is a position p
, and we need to find out its corresponding position in the original code. Unfortunately, there is no matched mapping for the position p
. Instead, it has two adjacent upstream and downstream mappings m1
and m2
, so, the original position of p
that we are looking for, might not be able to be precisely located. Especially, the generated code is different from the original code, such as the code was minified, compressed or converted, it is difficult to find the exact original position without matched mapping.
How MCR
Works:
- 1, Trying to fix the original position with string comparison and
diff-sequences
. However, for non-JS code, such as Vue template, JSX, etc., it might be hard to find a perfect solution. - 2, Finding all functions, statements and branches by parsing the source code AST. (There is a small issue is the V8 cannot provide effective branch coverage information for
AssignmentPattern
)
Unparsable source
It happens during the parsing of the source code into AST, if the source code is not in the standard ECMAScript. For example ts
, jsx
and so on. There is a option to fix it, which is to manually compile the source code for these files.
import * as fs from "fs";
import * as path from "path";
import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
import * as TsNode from 'ts-node';
const coverageOptions = {
onEntry: async (entry) => {
const filePath = fileURLToPath(entry.url)
const originalSource = fs.readFileSync(filePath).toString("utf-8");
const fileName = path.basename(filePath);
const tn = TsNode.create({});
const source = tn.compile(originalSource, fileName);
entry.fake = false;
entry.source = source;
}
}
Debug for Coverage and Sourcemap
Sometimes, the coverage is not what we expect. The next step is to figure out why, and we can easily find out the answer step by step through debugging.
- Start debugging for v8 report with option
logging: 'debug'
const coverageOptions = {
logging: 'debug',
reports: [
['v8'],
['console-details']
]
};
When logging
is debug
, the raw report data will be preserved in [outputDir]/.cache
or [outputDir]/raw
if raw
report is used. And the dist file will be preserved in the V8 list, and by opening the browser's devtool, it makes data verification visualization effortless.
Integration with Any Testing Framework
- API
- Collecting coverage data when any stage of the test is completed, and adding the coverage data to the coverage reporter.
await mcr.add(coverageData)
- Generating the coverage reports after the completion of all tests.
await mcr.generate()
- see Multiprocessing Support
- CLI
- Wrapping with any CLI.
mcr your-cli --your-arguments
- see Command line
Integration Examples
mcr mocha ./test/**/*.js
mcr --import tsx mocha ./test/**/*.ts
mcr --import tsx tsx ./src/example.ts
mcr ava
const coverageOptions = {
outputDir: "./coverage-reports",
reports: [
['codecov']
]
};
- name: Codecov
uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
with:
files: ./coverage-reports/codecov.json
const coverageOptions = {
outputDir: "./coverage-reports",
lcov: true
};
- name: Coveralls
uses: coverallsapp/github-action@v2
with:
files: ./coverage-reports/lcov.info
- Using
lcov
report. Github actions example:
- name: Analyze with SonarCloud
uses: sonarsource/sonarcloud-github-action@master
env:
SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
with:
projectBaseDir: ./
args: >
-Dsonar.organization=cenfun
-Dsonar.projectKey=monocart-coverage-reports
-Dsonar.projectName=monocart-coverage-reports
-Dsonar.javascript.lcov.reportPaths=docs/mcr/lcov.info
-Dsonar.sources=lib
-Dsonar.tests=test
-Dsonar.exclusions=dist/*,packages/*
Contributing
npm install starfall-cli -g
npm install
npm run build
npm run test
npm run dev
VSCode Extension
- Coverage Gutters - Display test coverage generated by lcov or xml in VSCode editor.
Thanks