How to pass arguments to node script from launch configuration in vscode - node.js

Question

Why isn't my launch configuration in vscode picking up on args key?
vscode Version: 1.63.2
launch.json
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"command": "node ${workspaceFolder}/test.js",
"args": ["foo"],
"name": "test",
"request": "launch",
"type": "node-terminal",
},
]
}
test.js
console.log("running script");
console.log(process.argv);
I press play from debug sidebar and get this in console:
$ node /Users/acohen/mp/mobileapp-client-tests/test.js
Debugger attached.
running script
[
'/Users/acohen/.nvm/versions/node/v12.16.2/bin/node',
'/Users/acohen/mp/mobileapp-client-tests/test.js'
]
Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...
Why isn't "foo" passed as an argument?

Answer 1

Here is a config example that worked for me:
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Launch Program",
"args": ["foo"],
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/test.js",
"request": "launch",
"type": "pwa-node"
}
]
}

Answer 2

Ok, what I ultimately wanted to do was run a complex npm script and debug it. I re-installed vscode, and found some good docs here:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/nodejs/nodejs-debugging#_launch-configuration-support-for-npm-and-other-tools
and here for using nvm:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/nodejs/nodejs-debugging#_multi-version-support
My launch.json looks like this:
where test_ios is the npm script to debug and 14.17.3 is the version of node (installed with nvm) to use:
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Launch via npm",
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"runtimeExecutable": "npm",
"runtimeArgs": ["run-script", "test_ios"],
"runtimeVersion": "14.17.3"
}
]
}