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daveoncode
daveoncode

Reputation: 19618

"Empty test suite" by running Django tests with Pycharm (tests are found if launched from the shell)

I'm having an hard time trying to run my Django tests using PyCharm. I did it easily in the past using a "python running configuration" in which I used manage.py to run them, I was on OSX and using python 2.7, Django <= 1.7, Pycharm <= 4. Now I'm on Linux Mint, I use Python 3.4.3, Django 1.8.2 and Pycharm 4.5. I always used virtualenv to manage my projects. Now by running "manage.py test" from Pycharm no tests are found (it prints "Empty test suite"). But tests exist, and if I run the command from the shell they get executed. So I really don't understand what's going on. I'm actually able to launch tests using "an hack" I created, but the problem is that Pycharm is not able to attach to the process in order to allow breakpoints in tests (which is one of the features I use the most!). My "hack" is the following:

I created a python script with:

import subprocess


def main():
    subprocess.call('./venv_activator.sh', shell=True)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

then a bash script (venv_activator.sh):

#!/usr/bin/env bash
source .ENV/bin/activate
python manage.py test myapp -p "*_tests.py" --noinput -v 2 --settings=settings.test

In practice the python script is used to create a "python running configuration" for Pycharm, then it activate the virtualenv and invokes the django test command.

ps: yes, I turned on "Django support" in PyCharm (and I configured the python interpreter under the virtualenv)

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6965

Answers (3)

Şafak Gezer
Şafak Gezer

Reputation: 4007

For my case it was because the names of my test methods didn't start with test. Renamed them, and PyCharm started to run them correctly.

Upvotes: 0

daveoncode
daveoncode

Reputation: 19618

The problem is that PyCharm doesn't apply the given search pattern for test files (-p "*_tests.py"). It's a bug that has already been reported: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-15869

The solution has been to simply rename my files :P

Upvotes: 6

Prateek099
Prateek099

Reputation: 559

Using pycharm, you can directly run your tests by creating a test configuration. Create a configuration using Run>Edit Configuration. Add a config from Django tests , set the virtual env path , working directory(path to manage.py), Target module (like complete_project or a complete_project.app_name). Run the configuration , it will run the tests from the tests.py from corresponding module.

Upvotes: 2

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