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.. _cmdline:
Using the interactive command line
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Getting help on version, option names, environment vars
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::
py.test --version # shows where pytest was imported from
py.test --funcargs # show available builtin function arguments
py.test -h | --help # show help on command line and config file options
Stopping after the first (or N) failures
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To stop the testing process after the first (N) failures::
py.test -x # stop after first failure
py.test -maxfail=2 # stop after two failures
Modifying Python traceback printing
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Examples for modifying traceback printing::
py.test --showlocals # show local variables in tracebacks
py.test -l # show local variables (shortcut)
py.test --tb=long # the default informative traceback formatting
py.test --tb=native # the Python standard library formatting
py.test --tb=short # a shorter traceback format
py.test --tb=line # only one line per failure
Dropping to PDB (Python Debugger) on failures
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.. _PDB: http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html
Python comes with a builtin Python debugger called PDB_. ``py.test``
allows to drop into the PDB prompt via a command line option::
py.test --pdb
This will invoke the Python debugger on every failure. Often you might
only want to do this for the first failing test to understand a certain
failure situation::
py.test -x --pdb # drop to PDB on first failure, then end test session
py.test --pdb --maxfail=3 # drop to PDB for the first three failures
Setting a breakpoint / aka ``set_trace()``
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If you want to set a breakpoint and enter the ``pdb.set_trace()`` you
can use a helper::
def test_function():
...
py.test.set_trace() # invoke PDB debugger and tracing
.. versionadded: 2.0.0
In previous versions you could only enter PDB tracing if
you :ref:`disable capturing`.
creating JUnitXML format files
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To create result files which can be read by Hudson_ or other Continous
integration servers, use this invocation::
py.test --junitxml=path
to create an XML file at ``path``.
creating resultlog format files
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To create plain-text machine-readable result files you can issue::
py.test --resultlog=path
and look at the content at the ``path`` location. Such files are used e.g.
by the `PyPy-test`_ web page to show test results over several revisions.
.. _`PyPy-test`: http://codespeak.net:8099/summary
send test report to pocoo pastebin service
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**Creating a URL for each test failure**::
py.test --pastebin=failed
This will submit test run information to a remote Paste service and
provide a URL for each failure. You may select tests as usual or add
for example ``-x`` if you only want to send one particular failure.
**Creating a URL for a whole test session log**::
py.test --pastebin=all
Currently only pasting to the http://paste.pocoo.org service is implemented.
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