The py.test
testing tool makes it easy to write small tests, yet scales to support complex functional testing. It provides
- auto-discovery of test modules and functions,
- detailed info on failing assert statements (no need to remember
self.assert*
names) - modular fixtures for managing small or parametrized long-lived test resources.
- multi-paradigm support: you can use
py.test
to run test suites based on unittest (or trial), nose - single-source compatibility to Python2.4 all the way up to Python3.3, PyPy-1.9 and Jython-2.5.1.
- many external plugins.
A simple example for a test:
# content of test_module.py
def test_function():
i = 4
assert i == 3
which can be run with py.test test_module.py
. See getting-started for more examples.
For much more info, including PDF docs, see
and report bugs at:
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