NAME¶

pytest - run python unit tests

SYNOPSIS¶

usage: pytest [OPTIONS] [testfile [testpattern]] examples: pytest path/to/mytests.py pytest path/to/mytests.py TheseTests pytest path/to/mytests.py TheseTests.test_thisone pytest one (will run both test_thisone and test_thatone) pytest path/to/mytests.py -s not (will skip test_notthisone) pytest --coverage test_foo.py

(only if logilab.devtools is available)

options:¶

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-t TESTDIR

directory where the tests will be found

-d

enable design-by-contract

-v, --verbose

Verbose output

-i, --pdb

Enable test failure inspection (conflicts with --coverage)

-x, --exitfirst

Exit on first failure (only make sense when pytest run one test file)

-s SKIPPED, --skip=SKIPPED

test names matching this name will be skipped to skip several patterns, use commas

-q, --quiet

Minimal output

-P PROFILE, --profile=PROFILE

Profile execution and store data in the given file

--coverage

run tests with pycoverage (conflicts with --pdb)