A pytest plugin that reads test paths from a redis queue.

The plugin should be installed to the python import path with:

git clone https://github.com/sabidib/pytest-redis.git
cd pytest-redis
python setup.py install

The plugin can be launched with :

py.test -p pytest_redis --redis-host=<redis-host> --redis-port=<redis-port> --redis-list-key=<redis-list-key> [--redis-pop-type=<default RPOP>] 

This will connect to the a redis instance located at <redist-host>:<redis-post> and attempts to remove elements from the list given by the key redis-list-key. If --redis-pop-type is not set, then it will by default RPOP from the list. Valid values for --redis-pop-type are RPOP, LPOP.

Each element removed from the list should be a complete path to a test function, class, module or directory i.e test/utils/test_strings.py::test_reverse or test/utils/test_strings.

The plugin continues to pop elements off the list until the list is empty at which points all the tests are run.

To run the tests, you must have a running redis host running:

python setup.py install
py.test -vv --redis-host=<redis-host> --redis-port=<redis-port> --redis-list-key=<redis-list-key> 

If the <redis-list-key> already has a list the test will prompt you to add --force option in order to empty the list and continue with the testing.