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.. _usage:
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Usage and Invocations
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==========================================
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.. _cmdline:
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Calling pytest through ``python -m pytest``
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-----------------------------------------------------
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.. versionadded:: 2.0
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You can invoke testing through the Python interpreter from the command line::
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python -m pytest [...]
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This is almost equivalent to invoking the command line script ``pytest [...]``
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directly, except that calling via ``python`` will also add the current directory to ``sys.path``.
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Possible exit codes
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--------------------------------------------------------------
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Running ``pytest`` can result in six different exit codes:
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:Exit code 0: All tests were collected and passed successfully
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:Exit code 1: Tests were collected and run but some of the tests failed
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:Exit code 2: Test execution was interrupted by the user
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:Exit code 3: Internal error happened while executing tests
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:Exit code 4: pytest command line usage error
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:Exit code 5: No tests were collected
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Getting help on version, option names, environment variables
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--------------------------------------------------------------
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::
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pytest --version # shows where pytest was imported from
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pytest --fixtures # show available builtin function arguments
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pytest -h | --help # show help on command line and config file options
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.. _maxfail:
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Stopping after the first (or N) failures
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---------------------------------------------------
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To stop the testing process after the first (N) failures::
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pytest -x # stop after first failure
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pytest --maxfail=2 # stop after two failures
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.. _select-tests:
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Specifying tests / selecting tests
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---------------------------------------------------
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Pytest supports several ways to run and select tests from the command-line.
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**Run tests in a module**
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pytest test_mod.py
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**Run tests in a directory**
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::
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pytest testing/
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**Run tests by keyword expressions**
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::
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pytest -k "MyClass and not method"
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This will run tests which contain names that match the given *string expression*, which can
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include Python operators that use filenames, class names and function names as variables.
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The example above will run ``TestMyClass.test_something`` but not ``TestMyClass.test_method_simple``.
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.. _nodeids:
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**Run tests by node ids**
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Each collected test is assigned a unique ``nodeid`` which consist of the module filename followed
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by specifiers like class names, function names and parameters from parametrization, separated by ``::`` characters.
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To run a specific test within a module::
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pytest test_mod.py::test_func
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Another example specifying a test method in the command line::
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pytest test_mod.py::TestClass::test_method
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**Run tests by marker expressions**
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::
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pytest -m slow
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Will run all tests which are decorated with the ``@pytest.mark.slow`` decorator.
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For more information see :ref:`marks <mark>`.
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**Run tests from packages**
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pytest --pyargs pkg.testing
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This will import ``pkg.testing`` and use its filesystem location to find and run tests from.
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Modifying Python traceback printing
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----------------------------------------------
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Examples for modifying traceback printing::
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pytest --showlocals # show local variables in tracebacks
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pytest -l # show local variables (shortcut)
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pytest --tb=auto # (default) 'long' tracebacks for the first and last
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# entry, but 'short' style for the other entries
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pytest --tb=long # exhaustive, informative traceback formatting
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pytest --tb=short # shorter traceback format
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pytest --tb=line # only one line per failure
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pytest --tb=native # Python standard library formatting
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pytest --tb=no # no traceback at all
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The ``--full-trace`` causes very long traces to be printed on error (longer
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than ``--tb=long``). It also ensures that a stack trace is printed on
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**KeyboardInterrupt** (Ctrl+C).
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This is very useful if the tests are taking too long and you interrupt them
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with Ctrl+C to find out where the tests are *hanging*. By default no output
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will be shown (because KeyboardInterrupt is caught by pytest). By using this
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option you make sure a trace is shown.
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.. _pdb-option:
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Dropping to PDB_ (Python Debugger) on failures
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.. _PDB: http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html
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Python comes with a builtin Python debugger called PDB_. ``pytest``
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allows one to drop into the PDB_ prompt via a command line option::
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pytest --pdb
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This will invoke the Python debugger on every failure. Often you might
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only want to do this for the first failing test to understand a certain
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failure situation::
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pytest -x --pdb # drop to PDB on first failure, then end test session
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pytest --pdb --maxfail=3 # drop to PDB for first three failures
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Note that on any failure the exception information is stored on
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``sys.last_value``, ``sys.last_type`` and ``sys.last_traceback``. In
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interactive use, this allows one to drop into postmortem debugging with
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any debug tool. One can also manually access the exception information,
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for example::
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>>> import sys
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>>> sys.last_traceback.tb_lineno
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42
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>>> sys.last_value
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AssertionError('assert result == "ok"',)
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.. _breakpoints:
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Setting breakpoints
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-------------------
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.. versionadded: 2.4.0
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To set a breakpoint in your code use the native Python ``import pdb;pdb.set_trace()`` call
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in your code and pytest automatically disables its output capture for that test:
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* Output capture in other tests is not affected.
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* Any prior test output that has already been captured and will be processed as
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such.
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* Any later output produced within the same test will not be captured and will
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instead get sent directly to ``sys.stdout``. Note that this holds true even
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for test output occurring after you exit the interactive PDB_ tracing session
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and continue with the regular test run.
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.. _durations:
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Profiling test execution duration
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-------------------------------------
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.. versionadded: 2.2
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To get a list of the slowest 10 test durations::
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pytest --durations=10
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Creating JUnitXML format files
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----------------------------------------------------
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To create result files which can be read by Jenkins_ or other Continuous
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integration servers, use this invocation::
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pytest --junitxml=path
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to create an XML file at ``path``.
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.. versionadded:: 3.1
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To set the name of the root test suite xml item, you can configure the ``junit_suite_name`` option in your config file:
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.. code-block:: ini
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[pytest]
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junit_suite_name = my_suite
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.. _record_xml_property example:
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record_xml_property
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. versionadded:: 2.8
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If you want to log additional information for a test, you can use the
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``record_xml_property`` fixture:
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.. code-block:: python
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def test_function(record_xml_property):
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record_xml_property("example_key", 1)
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assert 0
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This will add an extra property ``example_key="1"`` to the generated
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``testcase`` tag:
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.. code-block:: xml
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<testcase classname="test_function" file="test_function.py" line="0" name="test_function" time="0.0009">
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<properties>
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<property name="example_key" value="1" />
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</properties>
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</testcase>
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.. warning::
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``record_xml_property`` is an experimental feature, and its interface might be replaced
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by something more powerful and general in future versions. The
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functionality per-se will be kept, however.
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Currently it does not work when used with the ``pytest-xdist`` plugin.
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Also please note that using this feature will break any schema verification.
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This might be a problem when used with some CI servers.
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record_xml_attribute
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. versionadded:: 3.4
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To add an additional xml attribute to a testcase element, you can use
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``record_xml_attribute`` fixture. This can also be used to override existing values:
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.. code-block:: python
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def test_function(record_xml_attribute):
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record_xml_attribute("assertions", "REQ-1234")
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record_xml_attribute("classname", "custom_classname")
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print('hello world')
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assert True
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Unlike ``record_xml_property``, this will not add a new child element.
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Instead, this will add an attribute ``assertions="REQ-1234"`` inside the generated
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``testcase`` tag and override the default ``classname`` with ``"classname=custom_classname"``:
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.. code-block:: xml
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<testcase classname="custom_classname" file="test_function.py" line="0" name="test_function" time="0.003" assertions="REQ-1234">
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<system-out>
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hello world
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</system-out>
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</testcase>
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.. warning::
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``record_xml_attribute`` is an experimental feature, and its interface might be replaced
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by something more powerful and general in future versions. The
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functionality per-se will be kept, however.
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Using this over ``record_xml_property`` can help when using ci tools to parse the xml report.
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However, some parsers are quite strict about the elements and attributes that are allowed.
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Many tools use an xsd schema (like the example below) to validate incoming xml.
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Make sure you are using attribute names that are allowed by your parser.
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Below is the Scheme used by Jenkins to validate the XML report:
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.. code-block:: xml
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<xs:element name="testcase">
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<xs:complexType>
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<xs:sequence>
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<xs:element ref="skipped" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
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<xs:element ref="error" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
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<xs:element ref="failure" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
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<xs:element ref="system-out" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
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<xs:element ref="system-err" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
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</xs:sequence>
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<xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
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<xs:attribute name="assertions" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
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<xs:attribute name="time" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
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<xs:attribute name="classname" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
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<xs:attribute name="status" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
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</xs:complexType>
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</xs:element>
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LogXML: add_global_property
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. versionadded:: 3.0
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If you want to add a properties node in the testsuite level, which may contains properties that are relevant
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to all testcases you can use ``LogXML.add_global_properties``
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.. code-block:: python
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import pytest
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@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
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def log_global_env_facts(f):
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if pytest.config.pluginmanager.hasplugin('junitxml'):
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my_junit = getattr(pytest.config, '_xml', None)
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my_junit.add_global_property('ARCH', 'PPC')
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my_junit.add_global_property('STORAGE_TYPE', 'CEPH')
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@pytest.mark.usefixtures(log_global_env_facts)
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def start_and_prepare_env():
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pass
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class TestMe(object):
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def test_foo(self):
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assert True
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This will add a property node below the testsuite node to the generated xml:
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.. code-block:: xml
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<testsuite errors="0" failures="0" name="pytest" skips="0" tests="1" time="0.006">
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<properties>
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<property name="ARCH" value="PPC"/>
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<property name="STORAGE_TYPE" value="CEPH"/>
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</properties>
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<testcase classname="test_me.TestMe" file="test_me.py" line="16" name="test_foo" time="0.000243663787842"/>
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</testsuite>
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.. warning::
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This is an experimental feature, and its interface might be replaced
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by something more powerful and general in future versions. The
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functionality per-se will be kept.
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Creating resultlog format files
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.. deprecated:: 3.0
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This option is rarely used and is scheduled for removal in 4.0.
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An alternative for users which still need similar functionality is to use the
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`pytest-tap <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-tap>`_ plugin which provides
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a stream of test data.
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If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to
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`open an issue <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues>`_.
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To create plain-text machine-readable result files you can issue::
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pytest --resultlog=path
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and look at the content at the ``path`` location. Such files are used e.g.
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by the `PyPy-test`_ web page to show test results over several revisions.
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.. _`PyPy-test`: http://buildbot.pypy.org/summary
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Sending test report to online pastebin service
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**Creating a URL for each test failure**::
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pytest --pastebin=failed
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This will submit test run information to a remote Paste service and
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provide a URL for each failure. You may select tests as usual or add
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for example ``-x`` if you only want to send one particular failure.
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**Creating a URL for a whole test session log**::
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pytest --pastebin=all
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Currently only pasting to the http://bpaste.net service is implemented.
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Disabling plugins
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-----------------
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To disable loading specific plugins at invocation time, use the ``-p`` option
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together with the prefix ``no:``.
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Example: to disable loading the plugin ``doctest``, which is responsible for
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executing doctest tests from text files, invoke pytest like this::
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pytest -p no:doctest
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.. _`pytest.main-usage`:
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Calling pytest from Python code
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----------------------------------------------------
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.. versionadded:: 2.0
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You can invoke ``pytest`` from Python code directly::
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pytest.main()
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this acts as if you would call "pytest" from the command line.
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It will not raise ``SystemExit`` but return the exitcode instead.
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You can pass in options and arguments::
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pytest.main(['-x', 'mytestdir'])
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You can specify additional plugins to ``pytest.main``::
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# content of myinvoke.py
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import pytest
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class MyPlugin(object):
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def pytest_sessionfinish(self):
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print("*** test run reporting finishing")
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pytest.main(["-qq"], plugins=[MyPlugin()])
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Running it will show that ``MyPlugin`` was added and its
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hook was invoked::
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$ python myinvoke.py
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*** test run reporting finishing
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.. note::
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Calling ``pytest.main()`` will result in importing your tests and any modules
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that they import. Due to the caching mechanism of python's import system,
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making subsequent calls to ``pytest.main()`` from the same process will not
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reflect changes to those files between the calls. For this reason, making
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multiple calls to ``pytest.main()`` from the same process (in order to re-run
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tests, for example) is not recommended.
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.. include:: links.inc
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