before

external fun before(fn: HookFn = definedExternally, options: HookOptions = definedExternally)(source)

This function creates a hook that runs before executing a suite.

describe('tests', async () => {
  before(() => console.log('about to run some test'));
  it('is a subtest', () => {
    assert.ok('some relevant assertion here');
  });
});

Since

v18.8.0, v16.18.0

Parameters

The hook function. If the hook uses callbacks, the callback function is passed as the second argument.

options

Configuration options for the hook.