Idea run/debug py.test single test not the whole suite

Question

I'm creating a python test suite (using py.test). I'm coding the tests in Idea and I don't know how to debug a single test.

This is my setting of the debugger. It runs the whole testsuite. So I have to run all the tests before it gets to the one I'm trying to debug.

Answer 1

In your configuration, set:

• Target to the relative path of one of your test files, i.e. testsuite/psa/test_psa_integration.py
• Keywords to a keyword that identifies the test you are trying to run specifically. If tests are part of a class, Keywords should be something like: TestPsaIntegration and test_psa_integration_example

I don't use IntelliJ, but in PyCharm, you can easily debug tests without going through this tedious process of adding a Run/Debug configuration each time.

To do this with PyCharm, go to: Preferences (or Settings) > Tools > Python Integrated Tools and set Default test runner to py.test.

Then, back in your file (i.e. test_psa_integration.py), you could just right-click anywhere within the code of a test, and select either Run 'py.test in ...' or Debug 'py.test in...' which will automatically create a new Run/Debug configuration as explained previously.