tap.py 1.8

Test Anything Protocol (TAP) tools

tappy is a set of tools for working with the Test Anything Protocol (TAP), a line based test protocol for recording test data in a standard way.

Follow tappy development on GitHub. Developer documentation is on Read the Docs.

Releases

Version 1.8, Released November 30, 2015

• The tappy TAP consumer can read a TAP stream directly from STDIN.

• Tracebacks are included as diagnostic output for failures and errors.

• The tappy TAP consumer has an alternative, shorter name of tap.

• The pytest plugin now defaults to no output unless provided a flag. Users dependent on the old default behavior can use --tap-files to achieve the same results.

• Translated into Arabic.

• Translated into Chinese.

• Translated into Japanese.

• Translated into Russian.

• Perform continuous integration testing on Windows with AppVeyor.

• Improve unit test coverage to 100%.

Version 1.7, Released August 19, 2015

• Provide a plugin to integrate with pytest.

• Document some viable alternatives to tappy.

• Translated into German.

• Translated into Portuguese.

Version 1.6, Released June 18, 2015

• TAPTestRunner has a set_stream method to stream all TAP output directly to an output stream instead of a file. results in a single output file.

• The nosetests plugin has an optional --tap-stream flag to stream all TAP output directly to an output stream instead of a file.

• tappy is now internationalized. It is translated into Dutch, French, Italian, and Spanish.

• tappy is available as a Python wheel package, the new Python packaging standard.

Version 1.5, Released May 18, 2015

• TAPTestRunner has a set_combined method to collect all results in a single output file.

• The nosetests plugin has an optional --tap-combined flag to collect all results in a single output file.

• TAPTestRunner has a set_format method to specify line format.

• The nosetests plugin has an optional --tap-format flag to specify line format.

Version 1.4, Released April 4, 2015

• Update setup.py to support Debian packaging. Include man page.

Version 1.3, Released January 9, 2015

• The tappy command line tool is available as a TAP consumer.

• The Parser and Loader are available as APIs for programmatic handling of TAP files and data.

Version 1.2, Released December 21, 2014

• Provide a syntax highlighter for Pygments so any project using Pygments (e.g., Sphinx) can highlight TAP output.

Version 1.1, Released October 23, 2014

• TAPTestRunner has a set_outdir method to specify where to store .tap files.

• The nosetests plugin has an optional --tap-outdir flag to specify where to store .tap files.

• tappy has backported support for Python 2.6.

• tappy has support for Python 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4.

• tappy has support for PyPy.

Version 1.0, Released March 2014

• Initial release of tappy

• TAPTestRunner - A test runner for unittest modules that generates TAP files.

• Provides a plugin for integrating with nose.