How do I run all Python unit tests in a directory?

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

 

I have a directory that contains my Python unit tests. Each unit test module is of the form test_*.py. I am attempting to make a file called all_test.py that will, you guessed it, run all files in the aforementioned test form and return the result. I have tried two methods so far; both have failed. I will show the two methods, and I hope someone out there knows how to actually do this correctly.

For my first valiant attempt, I thought "If I just import all my testing modules in the file, and then call this unittest.main() doodad, it will work, right?" Well, turns out I was wrong.

import glob
import unittest

testSuite = unittest.TestSuite()
test_file_strings = glob.glob('test_*.py')
module_strings = [str[0:len(str)-3] for str in test_file_strings]

if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()

This did not work, the result I got was:

$ python all_test.py 

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 0 tests in 0.000s

OK

For my second try, I though, ok, maybe I will try to do this whole testing thing in a more "manual" fashion. So I attempted to do that below:

import glob
import unittest

testSuite = unittest.TestSuite()
test_file_strings = glob.glob('test_*.py')
module_strings = [str[0:len(str)-3] for str in test_file_strings]
[__import__(str) for str in module_strings]
suites = [unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromName(str) for str in module_strings]
[testSuite.addTest(suite) for suite in suites]
print testSuite 

result = unittest.TestResult()
testSuite.run(result)
print result

#Ok, at this point I have a result
#How do I display it as the normal unit test command line output?
if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()

This also did not work, but it seems so close!

$ python all_test.py 
<unittest.TestSuite tests=[<unittest.TestSuite tests=[<unittest.TestSuite tests=[<test_main.TestMain testMethod=test_respondes_to_get>]>]>]>
<unittest.TestResult run=1 errors=0 failures=0>

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 0 tests in 0.000s

OK

I seem to have a suite of some sort, and I can execute the result. I am a little concerned about the fact that it says I have only run=1, seems like that should be run=2, but it is progress. But how do I pass and display the result to main? Or how do I basically get it working so I can just run this file, and in doing so, run all the unit tests in this directory?

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