Pytest-Running tests written for nose

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pytest has basic support for running tests written for
nose.

Usage {#nosestyle}

After installation{.interpreted-text role=“ref”} type:

python setup.py develop  # make sure tests can import our package
pytest  # 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
  • __test__ attribute on modules/classes/functions
  • general usage of nose utilities

Unsupported idioms / known issues

  • unittest-style setUp, tearDown, setUpClass, tearDownClass are
    recognized only on unittest.TestCase classes but not on plain
    classes. nose supports these methods also on plain classes but
    pytest deliberately does not. As nose and pytest already both
    support setup_class, teardown_class, setup_method, teardown_method
    it 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_mode) but different file system paths (e.g.
    tests/test_mode.py and other/tests/test_mode.py) by extending
    sys.path/import semantics. pytest does not do that but there is
    discussion in
    #268 for adding
    some support. Note that nose2 choose to avoid this sys.path/import
    hackery    .

    If you place a conftest.py file in the root directory of your
    project (as determined by pytest) pytest will run tests "nose
    style" against the code below that directory by adding it to your
    sys.path instead of running against your installed code.

    You may find yourself wanting to do this if you ran
    python setup.py install to set up your project, as opposed to
    python setup.py develop or any of the package manager equivalents.
    Installing with develop in a virtual environment like tox is
    recommended over this pattern.

  • nose-style doctests are not collected and executed correctly, also
    doctest fixtures don't work.

  • no nose-configuration is recognized.

  • yield-based methods are unsupported as of pytest 4.1.0. They are
    fundamentally incompatible with pytest because they don't support
    fixtures properly since collection and test execution are separated.

Migrating from nose to pytest

nose2pytest is a Python
script and pytest plugin to help convert Nose-based tests into
pytest-based tests. Specifically, the script transforms
nose.tools.assert* function calls into raw assert statements, while
preserving format of original arguments as much as possible.