CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonunit-testingpytest
Parth
Parth

Reputation: 519

py.test main() invocation examples

I have this structure. 

 /bin 
   __init__.py
   run_test.py (call pytest.main)
 /tests
   __init__.py
   test_xyz.py

If I call run_test.py using simply via pytest.main(), it won't invoke tests in "tests" module. I tried passing couple of parameters like module="tests" etc but they don't work. I have to altogether chuck auto discovery and use the suite parameter for it to pick up any tests.

What am I missing? I tried to walk through the code in the pytest module, but it is way too complex to understand. And the documentation is very bad.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 11124

Answers (2)

iamtodor
iamtodor

Reputation: 854

I know it's later answer. I hope it could help somebody in the future.

It's better to have run_test.py in root project dir, I mean you would move out run_test.py from /bin to one higher level project structure.

Upvotes: 0

Pedru
Pedru

Reputation: 1450

You can pass the full path of what to execute.

import pytest

pytest_args = [
    '/tests',
    # other tests here...
]
pytest.main(pytest_args)

This will execute all the tests found in the directory, there is no need to have /tests/__init__.py

Upvotes: 3

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