Running tests written for nose¶
pytest has basic support for running tests written for nose.
Usage¶
After Installation type:
python setup.py develop # make sure tests can import our package
py.test # instead of 'nosetests'
and you should be able to run your nose style tests and make use of pytest’s capabilities.
Supported nose Idioms¶
- setup and teardown at module/class/method level
- SkipTest exceptions and markers
- setup/teardown decorators
- yield-based tests and their setup
__test__attribute on modules/classes/functions- general usage of nose utilities
Unsupported idioms / known issues¶
- unittest-style
setUp, tearDown, setUpClass, tearDownClassare recognized only onunittest.TestCaseclasses but not on plain classes.nosesupports these methods also on plain classes but pytest deliberately does not. As nose and pytest already both supportsetup_class, teardown_class, setup_method, teardown_methodit doesn’t seem useful to duplicate the unittest-API like nose does. If you however rather think pytest should support the unittest-spelling on plain classes please post to this issue. - nose imports test modules with the same import path (e.g.
tests.test_mod) but different file system paths (e.g.tests/test_mode.pyandother/tests/test_mode.py) by extending sys.path/import semantics. pytest does not do that but there is discussion in issue268 for adding some support. Note that nose2 choose to avoid this sys.path/import hackery. - nose-style doctests are not collected and executed correctly, also doctest fixtures don’t work.
- no nose-configuration is recognized