Is it possible to skip tests in HSpec test suite?

Question

In most programming languages it is easy to skip a test in some circumstances. Is there a proper way to do that in haskell HSpec based test suite?

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, Core of HSpec doesn't have a special solution for this case. But you can skip tests without verbosity about it. For example:

main = hspec $ do
    ...
    when isDatabaseServerRunning $ do
        describe "database" $ do
            it "test some one" $ do
                ...

Another solution maybe to use the function like mapSpecItem_ for changing result of test to Pending with a message about why was skipped. For example:

skip :: String -> Bool -> SpecWith a -> SpecWith a
skip   _ False = id
skip why True  = mapSpecItem_ updateItem
  where
    updateItem x = x{itemExample = \_ _ _ -> return . Pending . Just $ why}