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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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In this chapter, we looked at the tmp_path, tmp_path_factory, capsys, and monkeypatch builtin fixtures:

  • The tmp_path and tmp_path_factory fixtures are used to for temporary directories. tmp_path is function scope, and tmp_path_factory is session scope. Related fixtures not covered in the chapter are tmpdir and tmpdir_factory.

  • capsys can be used to capture stdout and stderr. It can also be used to temporarily turn off output capture. Related fixtures are capsysbinary, capfd, capfdbinary, and caplog.

  • monkeypatch can be used to change the application code or the environment. We used it with the Cards application to redirect the database location to a temporary directory created with tmp_path.

  • You can read about these and other fixtures with ...

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