`inso` will first try to find a `.insomnia` directory in it's working directory. This directory is generated in a git repository when using git sync in Designer. When `inso` is used in a CI environment, it will always run against the `.insomnia` directory.
If `inso` cannot find the `.insomnia` directory, it will try to run against the Designer app data directory (if found). You can override both the working directory, and the app data directory, using the `--workingDir` and `--appDataDir` global options.
Typically, Insomnia database id's are quite long, for example: `wrk_012d4860c7da418a85ffea7406e1292a` . When specifying an identifier for `inso` , similar to Git hashes, you may choose to concatenate and use the first x characters (for example, `wrk_012d486` ), which is very likely to be unique. If in the rare chance the short id is _not_ unique against the data, `inso` will inform as such.
Additionally, if the `[identifier]` argument is omitted from the command, `inso` will search in the database for the information it needs, and prompt the user. Prompts can be disabled with the `--ci` global option.
Similar to the Kong [Kubernetes](https://insomnia.rest/plugins/insomnia-plugin-kong-kubernetes-config) and [Declarative](https://insomnia.rest/plugins/insomnia-plugin-kong-declarative-config) config plugins for Designer, this command can generate configuration from an API specification, using [openapi-2-kong](https://www.npmjs.com/package/openapi-2-kong).
**`[identifier]`**: this can be a **document name, id, or a file path** relative to the working directory.
|Option|Alias|Description|
|- |- |- |
| `--type <type>` | `-t` |type of configuration to generate, options are `kubernetes` and `declarative` (default: `declarative` ) |
| `--output <path>` | `-o` |save the generated config to a file in the working directory|
Designer has the ability to lint and validate your OpenAPI specification as you write it. This command adds the same functionality to `inso` , in order to run linting during CI workflows. Lint results will be printed to the console, and `inso` will exit with an appropriate exit code.
**`[identifier]`**: this can be a **document name, or id**.
API Unit Testing was introduced with Designer 2020.3.0, and this command adds the functionality to execute those unit tests via the command line, very useful for a CI environment. `inso` will report on test results, and exit with an appropriate exit code.
**`[identifier]`**: this can be the **name or id** of a **workspace, document, or unit test suite**.
The test runner is built on top of Mocha, thus many of the options behave as they would in Mocha. The options currently supported are:
|Option|Alias|Description|
|- |- |- |
| `--env <identifier>` | `-e` |the environment to use - an environment name or id |
This command will extract and export the raw OpenAPI specification from the data store. If the `--output` option is not specified, the spec will print to console.
The `inso` [config file](#configuration) supports scripts, akin to NPM scripts defined in a `package.json` file. These scripts can be executed by `inso` by running `inso script <name>` , or simply `inso <name>` as this is the default command. Any options passed to this command, will be forwarded to the script being executed.
When running in the <ahref="https://github.com/Kong/insomnia/tree/develop/packages/insomnia-inso/src/db/fixtures/git-repo">git-repo</a> directory, with the following inso config file.
inso gen-conf:k8s -o output.yaml # generates kubernetes config to output.yaml
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# Configuration
Inso can be configured with a configuration file, allowing you to specify options and scripts. For example, when running in a CI environment, you may choose to specify the steps as scripts in a config file, so that the same commands can be run both locally and in CI.
Inso uses [cosmiconfig](https://github.com/davidtheclark/cosmiconfig) for config file management, meaning any of the following items found in the working tree are automatically used:
+ `inso` property in `package.json`
+ `.insorc` file in JSON or YAML format
+ `.insorc.json` file
+ `.insorc.yaml` , `.insorc.yml` , or `.insorc.js` file
+ `inso.config.js` file exporting a JS object
Alternatively, you can use the `--config <file>` global option to specify an exact file to use, if it exists outside the directory tree.
**Options**
Options from the config file are combined with option defaults and any explicit overrides specified in script or command invocations. This combination is in priority order: command options > config file options > default options.
Any options specified in this file will apply to all scripts and manual commands. You can override these options by specifying them explicitly, when invoking a script or command.
Only [global options](#global-options) can be set in the config file.
**Scripts**
Scripts can have any name, and can be nested. Scripts must be prefixed with `inso` (see example below). Each command behaves the same way, as described in the sections above.
### Example
``` yaml
# .insorc.yaml
options:
ci: false
scripts:
test-spec: inso run test Demo --env DemoEnv --reporter progress
Git Bash on Windows is not interactive and therefore prompts from `inso` will not work as expected. You may choose to specify the identifiers for each command explicitly, or run `inso` using `winpty` :
`inso` has been designed to run in a CI environment, disabling prompts and providing exit codes to pass or fail the CI workflow accordingly. An example workflow run in Github Actions is as follows. This example will checkout > install NodeJS > install inso > run linting > run unit tests > generate configuration. If any of these steps fail, the GH workflow will as well.
