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Python Testing with pytest
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Python Testing with pytest

by Brian Okken
February 2022
Intermediate to advanced
274 pages
6h 28m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Running a Subset of Tests

In the previous section, we used test classes to be able to run a subset of tests. Running just a small batch of tests is handy while debugging or if you want to limit the tests to a specific section of the code base you are working on at the time.

pytest allows you to run a subset of tests in several ways:

Subset

Syntax

Single test method

pytest path/test_module.py::TestClass::test_method

All tests in a class

pytest path/test_module.py::TestClass

Single test function

pytest path/test_module.py::test_function

All tests in a module

pytest path/test_module.py

All tests in a directory

pytest path

Tests matching a name pattern

pytest -k pattern

Tests by marker

Covered in Chapter 6, Markers.

We’ve used everything but pattern and marker ...

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