py.test.integrate_with_distutils.help.rst

1.4.4 Integrating with distutils / python setup.py test

(one section of pytest.pdf)

You can integrate test runs into your distutils or setuptools based project. Use the genscript method to generate a standalone py.test script:

py.test --genscript=runtests.py

# ------------------------------------------------------------------ from distutils.core import setup, Command # you can also import from setuptools class PyTest(Command):

user_options = [] def initialize_options(self):

pass

def finalize_options(self):

pass

def run(self):

import sys,subprocess errno = subprocess.call([sys.executable, âruntest.pyâ]) raise SystemExit(errno)

setup( #..., cmdclass = {âtestâ: PyTest}, #..., ) # ------------------------------------------------------------------

If you now type:

python setup.py test

this will execute your tests using runtest.py. As this is a standalone version of py.test no prior installation whatsoever is required for calling the test command. You can also pass additional arguments to the subprocess-calls such as your test directory or other options.