python unittest tips

run all test file

the command line as follow:

cd test_dir
python -m unittest discover 

more in help

$python -m unittest discover  --help 
Usage: python -m unittest discover [options]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         Verbose output
  -f, --failfast        Stop on first fail or error
  -c, --catch           Catch ctrl-C and display results so far
  -b, --buffer          Buffer stdout and stderr during tests
  -s START, --start-directory=START
                        Directory to start discovery ('.' default)
  -p PATTERN, --pattern=PATTERN
                        Pattern to match tests ('test*.py' default)
  -t TOP, --top-level-directory=TOP
                        Top level directory of project (defaults to start
                        directory)

run one case

command :

python -m unittest testmodule.test_class

more help :

[test]$ python -m unittest --help 
Usage: python -m unittest [options] [tests]

Options:
  -h, --help       Show this message
  -v, --verbose    Verbose output
  -q, --quiet      Minimal output
  -f, --failfast   Stop on first failure
  -c, --catch      Catch control-C and display results
  -b, --buffer     Buffer stdout and stderr during test runs

Examples:
  python -m unittest test_module               - run tests from test_module
  python -m unittest module.TestClass          - run tests from module.TestClass
  python -m unittest module.Class.test_method  - run specified test method

[tests] can be a list of any number of test modules, classes and test
methods.

ref

• http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/pyunit_cn.html
• https://docs.python.org/2/library/unittest.html
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