Scan source code with Snyk Code using the CLI
Snyk Code enables you to test the source code of your repositories using the Snyk CLI.
When testing your repository code via the CLI, you can:
When you test a folder, all its sub-folders and files are also tested. You can test a single file in the current folder, or a single file in another folder by specifying the absolute path to the file.
You can also test files with a relative path reference by prefixing the path with $PWD, for example, snyk code test $PWD/path/to/file. This works with bash.
To exclude certain directories or files from the Snyk Code CLI test, you can use the following means:
The
snyk ignore --file-pathcommand. See Excluding directories and files from the Snyk Code test.Manually creating a
.snykfile in the tested folder. See Excluding directories and files from the import process.
Testing a repository from its root folder
To test the current repository folder, in the terminal, enter the following:
No additional options are required for using the snyk code test command to test a repository from its root folder.
Snyk Code tests the current folder and displays the test results in the terminal.
For example, to test the snyk-goof repository from its root folder, first change the directory to the root folder of the repository. Then enter:
Snyk Code tests the snyk-goof repository, and displays the vulnerability issues that were discovered:
Testing a repository from a different location
To test a repository from another folder, in the terminal, enter the following:
The path/to/folder is the full path of the repository you want to test using Snyk Code via the CLI.
For example, to test the snyk-goof repository from another directory, enter:
To explore the test results, see View Snyk Code CLI results.
To work with the test results, see Displaying the CLI results in an HTML format using the Snyk-to-HTML feature.
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