The C# SDK for the Visual Studio Test Platform protocol. Use this package to programmatically discover and execute tests from IDEs, editors, or custom tools by communicating with vstest.console.

Usage

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer" Version="x.y.z" />

Example

var vstestConsolePath = "<path to vstest.console.exe or .dll>";
var consoleWrapper = new VsTestConsoleWrapper(vstestConsolePath);

consoleWrapper.StartSession();
consoleWrapper.InitializeExtensions(extensionPaths);

// Discover tests
consoleWrapper.DiscoverTests(testAssemblies, settings, discoveryHandler);

// Run tests
consoleWrapper.RunTests(testAssemblies, settings, executionHandler);

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