test_ok1/doc/en/example/pythoncollection.txt

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Changing standard (Python) test discovery
===============================================
Changing directory recursion
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You can set the :confval:`norecursedirs` option in an ini-file, for example your ``setup.cfg`` in the project root directory::
# content of setup.cfg
[pytest]
norecursedirs = .svn _build tmp*
This would tell ``pytest`` to not recurse into typical subversion or sphinx-build directories or into any ``tmp`` prefixed directory.
.. _`change naming conventions`:
Changing naming conventions
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You can configure different naming conventions by setting
the :confval:`python_files`, :confval:`python_classes` and
:confval:`python_functions` configuration options. Example::
# content of setup.cfg
# can also be defined in in tox.ini or pytest.ini file
[pytest]
python_files=check_*.py
python_classes=Check
python_functions=*_check
This would make ``pytest`` look for tests in files that match the ``check_*
.py`` glob-pattern, ``Check`` prefixes in classes, and functions and methods
that match ``*_check``. For example, if we have::
# content of check_myapp.py
class CheckMyApp:
def simple_check(self):
pass
def complex_check(self):
pass
then the test collection looks like this::
$ py.test --collect-only
=========================== test session starts ============================
platform linux -- Python 3.4.0 -- py-1.4.25 -- pytest-2.6.3
collected 2 items
<Module 'check_myapp.py'>
<Class 'CheckMyApp'>
<Instance '()'>
<Function 'simple_check'>
<Function 'complex_check'>
============================= in 0.01 seconds =============================
.. note::
the ``python_functions`` and ``python_classes`` options has no effect
for ``unittest.TestCase`` test discovery because pytest delegates
detection of test case methods to unittest code.
Interpreting cmdline arguments as Python packages
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You can use the ``--pyargs`` option to make ``pytest`` try
interpreting arguments as python package names, deriving
their file system path and then running the test. For
example if you have unittest2 installed you can type::
py.test --pyargs unittest2.test.test_skipping -q
which would run the respective test module. Like with
other options, through an ini-file and the :confval:`addopts` option you
can make this change more permanently::
# content of pytest.ini
[pytest]
addopts = --pyargs
Now a simple invocation of ``py.test NAME`` will check
if NAME exists as an importable package/module and otherwise
treat it as a filesystem path.
Finding out what is collected
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You can always peek at the collection tree without running tests like this::
. $ py.test --collect-only pythoncollection.py
=========================== test session starts ============================
platform linux -- Python 3.4.0 -- py-1.4.25 -- pytest-2.6.3
collected 3 items
<Module 'pythoncollection.py'>
<Function 'test_function'>
<Class 'TestClass'>
<Instance '()'>
<Function 'test_method'>
<Function 'test_anothermethod'>
============================= in 0.01 seconds =============================
customizing test collection to find all .py files
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.. regendoc:wipe
You can easily instruct ``pytest`` to discover tests from every python file::
# content of pytest.ini
[pytest]
python_files = *.py
However, many projects will have a ``setup.py`` which they don't want to be imported. Moreover, there may files only importable by a specific python version.
For such cases you can dynamically define files to be ignored by listing
them in a ``conftest.py`` file::
# content of conftest.py
import sys
collect_ignore = ["setup.py"]
if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
collect_ignore.append("pkg/module_py2.py")
And then if you have a module file like this::
# content of pkg/module_py2.py
def test_only_on_python2():
try:
assert 0
except Exception, e:
pass
and a setup.py dummy file like this::
# content of setup.py
0/0 # will raise exeption if imported
then a pytest run on python2 will find the one test when run with a python2
interpreters and will leave out the setup.py file::
$ py.test --collect-only
=========================== test session starts ============================
platform linux -- Python 3.4.0 -- py-1.4.25 -- pytest-2.6.3
collected 0 items
============================= in 0.01 seconds =============================
If you run with a Python3 interpreter the moduled added through the conftest.py file will not be considered for test collection.