Trying to implement python TestSuite

Question

I have two test cases (two different files) that I want to run together in a Test Suite. I can get the tests to run just by running python "normally" but when I select to run a python-unit test it says 0 tests run. Right now I'm just trying to get at least one test to run correectly.

import usertest import configtest # first test import unittest   # second test  testSuite = unittest.TestSuite() testResult = unittest.TestResult() confTest = configtest.ConfigTestCase() testSuite.addTest(configtest.suite()) test = testSuite.run(testResult) print testResult.testsRun # prints 1 if run "normally" 

Here's an example of my test case set up

class ConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):     def setUp(self):          ##set up code      def runTest(self):          #runs test   def suite():     """         Gather all the tests from this module in a test suite.     """     test_suite = unittest.TestSuite()     test_suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ConfigTestCase))     return test_suite  if __name__ == "__main__":     #So you can run tests from this module individually.     unittest.main() 

What do I have to do to get this work correctly?

Answer 1

you want to use a testsuit. So you need not call unittest.main(). Use of testsuit should be like this:

#import usertest #import configtest # first test import unittest   # second test  class ConfigTestCase(unittest.TestCase):     def setUp(self):         print 'stp'         ##set up code      def runTest(self):         #runs test         print 'stp'  def suite():     """         Gather all the tests from this module in a test suite.     """     test_suite = unittest.TestSuite()     test_suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(ConfigTestCase))     return test_suite  mySuit=suite()  runner=unittest.TextTestRunner() runner.run(mySuit) 

Answer 2

All of the code to create a loader and suite is unnecessary. You should write your tests so that they are runnable via test discovery using your favorite test runner. That just means naming your methods in a standard way, putting them in an importable place (or passing a folder containing them to the runner), and inheriting from unittest.TestCase. After you've done that, you can use python -m unittest discover at the simplest, or a nicer third party runner to discover and then run your tests.