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Pytest and coverage Tool

py.test <fi­les­>
Run py.test tool
--max­fail=X
Exit after failing X tests
--dur­ati­ons=10
Use this to Profile your tests (time taken)
--cov­=path
Run coverage within the project path
--cov­-report term-m­issing
Add this to show which lines were not covered
Packages to install:
pip install pytest
pip install pytest­-sugar
pip install pytest­-cov

Coverage Config­uration File

.cove­ragerc
Default filename looked for
[report]
Section defining the report
exclu­de_­lines =
Exclude lines defined after
Write after exclu­de_­lines = the lines as they are in Python code

Pytest with Flask

client = app.te­st_­cli­ent()
Gives you an Test Client object
clien­t.g­et(­url)
Makes a GET request
clien­t.p­ost­(url, data=[])
Makes a POST request
clien­t.p­ut(url, data=[])
Makes a PUT request
You can create a test client to test your Flask app
 

Fixture

@pyte­st.f­ix­ture()
Fixture decorator
scope­="se­ssi­on"
Scope for the fixture: Can be session, module, class or function
param­s=[]
For each value, the fixture will be called with that value (this makes multiple calls)
autou­se=­False
All tests in the session use the fixture automa­tically
def my_fix­tur­e(r­equ­est)
Putting request object in fixture gives you access to the pytest request (e.g. put a final­izer)
pytest --fixt­ures
See all available fixtures
The purpose of test fixtures is to provide a fixed baseline upon which tests can reliably and repeatedly execute.

pytest­-mock

 
In short, mocking is creating objects that simulate the behaviour of real objects.
           

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  • Published: 17th July, 2017
  • Last Updated: 20th July, 2017

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