Node: Executing async functions on mocha startup

Question

In my test environment I'm using mocha as my test runner. I have configured the NODE_ENV as "test" in a setup.js file which I configured to run with mocha on start up using

mocha --require setup.js

I am using sequelize as my ORM and I want it to init with the force flag set to true. Where should I execute the sync function?

import models from '../src/data/models';
models.sync({
  force: true
});

Since it is an async function, the tests may start before the syncing stage finished.

Answer 1

Add any initialization or code that you need run prior to your tests running to the global before handler.

before(function () {
  //models code here
  return models.sync({});
})