pytest.md

Py.Test

Python test suite. The pytest framework makes it easy to write small tests, yet scales to support complex functional testing for applications and libraries.

Installation

pip install pytest               # core
pip install pytest-cache         # bytest cache plugin
pip install pytest-cov           # generate code coverage report
pip install pytest-pep8          # check python code style

Basics

Write Tests

Put your tests in a directory named tests. Each name of files containing tests should starts with test_. Each test function should start with test_.

Fixtures

Files Hierarchy

my_project/
  my_module/
  tests/
    conftest.py                   # fixtures
    test_schemas.py
    test_cli.py
    test_model.py
  setup.py                        # python makefile
  pytest.ini                      # config file

Run

py.test                           # run the test
py.test -s                        # run with stdout enable
py.test tests                     # run tests on the tests directory only
py.test tests/test_app.py         # run one file tests

Configuration Files

pytest.ini

[pytest]
addopts = --pep8 --ignore=docs --cov=simple_app --cov-report=term-missing

References

1. pytest