xstdout

capture stdout

Usage

Example:

const xstdout = require("xstdout");
 
const intercept = xstdout.intercept(true);
 
console.log("hello, world");
 
intercept.restore();
 
expect(intercept.stdout[0]).to.equal("hello, world\n");

APIs

xstdout.intercept(silent, [silentErr])

Returns an object:

{
  restore,
  stdout,
  stderr
}

• stdout/stderr are arrays of strings that captured stdout/stderr
• restore is a function that restores the original stdout/stderr

Params

• silent - if true, then omit actual output to console and only capture
• silentErr - if not undefined, then independently controls output of stderr to console