BDD / TDD assertion library for Python
Project description
robber.py - BDD / TDD assertion library for Python.
Synopsis
In order to use robber, you need to import expect from the module:
from robber import expect
That’s all. You are good to go.
Assertions
eq/==
Asserts that actual is equal (==) to expected:
expect(1).to.eq(1)
expect([1, 2]).to.eq([1, 2])
Also:
expect(1) == 1
ne/not_eq/!=
Asserts that actual is not equal (!=) to expected:
expect(1).to.ne(2)
expect(1).to.not_eq(2)
expect(1).to != 2
expect(1) != 2
equal
Asserts that the target is identical (is) to the expected:
expect(1).to.equal(1)
not_equal
Asserts that the target is not identical (is) to the expected:
expect({ 'test': 'robber' }).to.not_equal({ 'test': 'robber' })
true
Asserts that the target is True:
expect(True).to.be.true()
false
Asserts that the target is False:
expect(False).to.be.false()
instanceof
Asserts that the target is an instance of expected:
expect(obj).to.be.instanceof(Klass)
match
Asserts that the target can be matched by a regular expression:
expect('foo').to.match(r'foo')
not_match
Asserts that the target can not be matched by a regular expression:
expect('bar').to.not_match(r'foo')
respond_to
Asserts that the target responds to a method:
expect(obj).to.respond_to('method')
truthy
Asserts that the target is truthy:
expect(['test']).to.be.truthy()
falsy
Asserts that the target is falsy:
expect([]).to.be.falsy()
length
Asserts that the target has a length of expected:
expect([1, 2]).to.have.length(2)
expect('str').to.have.length(3)
empty
Asserts that the target is empty:
expect([]).to.be.empty()
expect('').to.be.empty()
not_empty
Asserts that the target is nonempty:
expect([1, 2, 3]).to.be.not_empty()
expect('foo').to.be.not_empty()
string
Asserts that the target is a string:
expect('str').to.be.a.string()
integer
Asserts that the target is an integer:
expect('str').to.be.an.integer()
float
Asserts that the target is floating point number:
expect(1.0).to.be.a.float()
list
Asserts that the target is a list:
expect([1, 2]).to.be.a.list()
dict
Asserts that the target is a dictionary:
expect({}).to.be.a.dict()
tuple
Asserts that the target is a tuple:
expect((1, 2)).to.be.a.tuple()
none
Asserts that the target is None:
expect(None).to.be.none()
above
Asserts that the target is above expected:
expect(2).to.be.above(1)
below
Asserts that the target is below expected:
expect(1).to.be.below(2)
within
Asserts that the target is within expected:
expect(2).to.be.within(0, 2)
contain
Asserts that the target contains an element, or a key:
expect([1,2,3]).to.contain(2)
expect({'foo': 'bar'}).to.contain('foo')
not_contain/exclude
Asserts that the target does not contain an element, or a key:
expect([1,2,3]).to.not_contain(4)
expect({'foo': 'bar'}).to.exclude('baz')
Language chains
In order to write more readable assertions, there are a few built-in language chains that you can use:
to
be
a
an
have
For example, the following two lines are functionally equivalent:
expect(1.0).to.be.a.float() expect(1.0).float()
Expectation chaining
In the spirit of more readable assertions, and to eliminate redundant evaluations of the same expression, you can chain multiple expectations.
For example, the following two lines are functionally equivalent. The first example evaluates the expression ‘1 + 1’ only once:
expect(1 + 1).to.be.an.integer().to.be.within(1, 3) expect(1 + 1).to.be.an.integer() expect(1 + 1).to.be within(1, 3)
Custom assertions
Writing custom assertion is as easy as extending a base matcher class and adding two methods - matches for matching and failure_message for the error notice:
class Chain(Base):
def matches(self):
expectation = self.actual(None)
chain = getattr(expectation, self.expected)
return expectation is chain
def failure_message(self):
return 'Expected "%s" to have chain "%s"' % (self.actual, self.expected)
expect.register('chain', Chain)
After you register the new matcher, you can use it as expected:
expect(obj).to.have.chain('be')
Custom error messages
If you want to have custom failure messages, for assertion or group of assertions, you can simply do:
from robber import failure_message
with failure_message('Something went wrong'):
expect(1).to.eq(2)
Installation
$ pip install robber
Requirements
Python 2.6, 2.7 or 3.5
pip
nose (for testing)
Tests
$ nosetests tests/
License
MIT License
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