How to publish results using dotnet test command

Question

I have a test project written in dotnet core. This need to publish the results in an XML or HTML format. Is there a way I can publish the results to a particular directory using the same command?
--result-directory is not working for me

Answer 1

You can see all the dotnet test options by executing dotnet test --help. One of the options is -l, --logger, which gives some great information:

Specify a logger for test results.
Examples:
Log in trx format using a unqiue file name: --logger trx
Log in trx format using the specified file name: --logger "trx;LogFileName=<TestResults.trx>"
More info on logger arguments support:https://aka.ms/vstest-report

That support link https://aka.ms/vstest-report, has the full information.

So to answer your specific question, you can say

dotnet test -l:trx;LogFileName=C:\temp\TestOutput.xml

To publish the results to a particular directory.

Another option is setting MSBuild properties in your test.csproj:

<PropertyGroup>
  <VSTestLogger>trx</VSTestLogger>
  <VSTestResultsDirectory>C:\temp</VSTestResultsDirectory>
</PropertyGroup>

Which tells the logger to put the file in the C:\temp directory.

Answer 2

I had success today with the nuget package JunitXml.TestLogger, version 3.0.114: https://www.nuget.org/packages/JunitXml.TestLogger/

To add as a dependency:
dotnet add package JunitXml.TestLogger --version 3.0.114

Once added as a dependency it was simply a matter of executing:
dotnet test --logger:"junit;LogFilePath=dotnet-test-result.xml"

At today's date JunitXml.TestLogger has four times as many stars as the nuget package JUnitTestLogger mentioned in another answer. JunitXml.TestLogger is being actively maintained, whereas JUnitTestLogger has not been touched for 2 years.

Answer 3

After stumbling on the same problem (I wanted to publish test results in JUnit format), I ended up finding the JUnitTestLogger NuGet package.

It was a matter of installing it:

dotnet add package JUnitTestLogger --version 1.1.0

And then running the tests as:

dotnet test --logger "junit;LogFilePath=path/to/your/test/results.xml"

Edit: Check the more recent answer below, which uses JunitXml.TestLogger by Shane Rich.

Answer 4

I couldn't get this to work using the syntax provided in the answer of Eric Erhardt.

Using the TRX Logger examples here I was able to recreate the correct syntax.

dotnet test --logger:"trx;LogFileName=C:\Temp\TestResults.xml" MyLibraryToTest.dll

$ dotnet test --logger:"trx;LogFileName=C:\Temp\TestResults.xml" MyLibraryToTest.dll
Microsoft (R) Test Execution Command Line Tool Version 16.8.1
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Starting test execution, please wait...
A total of 1 test files matched the specified pattern.
Starting ChromeDriver 87.0.4280.88 (89e2380a3e36c3464b5dd1302349b1382549290d-refs/branch-heads/4280@{#1761}) on port 51459
Only local connections are allowed.
Please see https://chromedriver.chromium.org/security-considerations for suggestions on keeping ChromeDriver safe.
ChromeDriver was started successfully.
Results File: C:\Temp\TestResults.xml

Passed!  - Failed:     0, Passed:     1, Skipped:     0, Total:     1, Duration: 7 s - MyLibraryToTest.dll (net5.0)