# Update README on how to run tests

**URL:** <https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/update-readme-on-how-to-run-tests/8172>\
**Category:** Dgraph Clients\
**Tags:** untagged, dgraph-js\
**Created:** [July 3, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/update-readme-on-how-to-run-tests/8172 "2019-07-03T17:35:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![diggy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/diggy/32/3666_2.png) [@diggy](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/diggy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/update-readme-on-how-to-run-tests/8172/1 "2019-07-03T17:35:25Z")

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**Moved from GitHub [dgraph-js/54](https://github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph-js/issues/54)**

_Posted by_ [danielmai](https://github.com/danielmai):

I tried `npm test` but it says I need yarn these days, so I had to install yarn first.

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**Author:** ![diggy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/diggy/32/3666_2.png) [@diggy](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/diggy)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/update-readme-on-how-to-run-tests/8172/2 "2019-07-03T17:36:17Z")

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[danielmai](https://github.com/danielmai) _commented_ :

This is what worked for me, though I don’t know if that’s the official way:

```auto
yarn
yarn test

```

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**Author:** ![diggy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/diggy/32/3666_2.png) [@diggy](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/diggy)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/update-readme-on-how-to-run-tests/8172/3 "2019-09-09T14:15:06Z")

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[prashant-shahi](https://github.com/prashant-shahi) _commented_ :

`npm test` and `npm run test` works now.

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**Author:** ![diggy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discuss.dgraph.io/diggy/32/3666_2.png) [@diggy](https://discuss.dgraph.io/u/diggy)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://discuss.dgraph.io/t/update-readme-on-how-to-run-tests/8172/4 "2020-07-11T04:17:46Z")

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