pytest-helpers-namespace 2016.4.15

PyTest Helpers Namespace

This plugin does not provide any helpers to pytest, it does, however, provide a helpers namespace in pytest which enables you to register helper functions in your conftest.py to be used within your tests without having to import them.

Features

• Provides a helpers pytest namespace which can be used to register helper functions without requiring you to import them on your actual tests to use them.

Requirements

• None!

Installation

You can install “pytest-helpers-namespace” via pip from PyPI:

$ pip install pytest-helpers-namespace

Usage

Consider the following conftest.py file:

pytest_plugins = ['helpers_namespace']

import pytest

@pytest.helpers.register
def foo(bar):
    '''
    this dumb helper function will just return what you pass to it
    '''
    return bar

And now consider the following test case:

def test_helper_namespace():
    assert pytest.helpers.foo(True) is True

Pretty simple right?!

You can even nest namespaces. Consider the following conftest.py file:

pytest_plugins = ['helpers_namespace']

import pytest

@pytest.helpers.can.haz.register
def foo(bar):
    '''
    this dumb helper function will just return what you pass to it
    '''
    return bar

And now consider the following test case:

def test_helper_namespace():
    assert pytest.helpers.can.haz.foo(True) is True

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome. Tests can be run with tox, please ensure the coverage at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.

License

Distributed under the terms of the Apache Software License 2.0 license, “pytest-helpers-namespace” is free and open source software.

Issues

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.

Changelog

v2016.4.15

• Hide the FuncWrapper traceback in pytest failures. #3. Thanks Logan Glickfield(@lsglick)

v2016.4.5

• Use a wrapper class instead of adding an attribute to a function.

v2016.4.3

• Provide proper errors when helper functions or namespaces are being overridden. #1

v2016.3.2

• First working release

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This Pytest plugin was generated with Cookiecutter along with @hackebrot’s Cookiecutter-pytest-plugin template.