在 Github Actions 中运行 Node.js API

Question

I have a Monorepo which contains a front-end app and a node.js API. I would like to run both the front-end app and the node.js API, in order to run some end-to-end tests. However I can not figure out how to run these two applications before running the tests. Here is my actions file so far.

name: Test Client

on: [push]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [12.x]

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      - name: Initial Setup
        run: |
          npm install yarn -g
      - name: yarn install, build, and test
        working-directory: client-app
        run: |
          yarn install
          yarn build
          yarn test
        env:
          CI: true

I would like to run an API in a different directory, before running the client-app tests. Is this possible without using a third-party service?

Answer 1

You can ensure the pipeline does not hang on a command by adding "&" to the end of the command: see: https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/How-do-I-run-commands-concurrently/td-p/36057

For example now I can do:

yarn start-api &
yarn start-client &
yarn test