Hands-On RESTful Python Web Services - Second Edition

Running unit tests with pytest

Now, run the following command to create a test database, run all the migrations, and use pytest, in combination with the pytest-django plugin, to discover and execute all the tests we created. The test runner will execute all the methods that start with the test_ prefix in the tests.py file and will display the results. Make sure you run the command in the Terminal or Command Prompt window in which you have activated the virtual environment, and that you are located within the games_service folder that has the manage.py file:

    pytest -v

The tests won't make changes to the database we have been using when running request on the API through pytest.

The test runner will execute all the functions defined in ...