Pytest extensions

Pytest extensions

Name	Description
pytest-check	Allow multiple fails per test (compares a lot of attributes, not fails on the first Exception)
pytest-cov	Run coverage with pytest together (before you could run coverage from pytest or vice-versa)
pytest-flakes	Run flake8 against your code during pytest runs (test code + source code)
pytest-freezegun	Fixture: change time and data during test execution to make time-based test pass (instead of mock)
pytest-instafail	Shows test failures instantly (during execution)
pytest-metadata	Add additional info to test report (e.g. environment, OS, version, …)
pytest-picked	Run tests from uncommited test files in a local git repository only (changed files)
pytest-randomly	Tests are reordered randomly for execution; randoms test data
pytest-spec	Define what to show during test execution ("nice little one")
pytest-splinter	Wrapper for Selenium on pytest
pytest-stress	Runs test in a loop for a certain time period
pytest-sugar	Replaces ‘.’ with green check marks for passing tests
pytest-timeout	Suited for longer running test: kills test if it doesn’t finish in time -> decorate tests individually
pytest-xdist	Run tests in parallel (for independent tests which don’t share resources, run on different machine, loop-on-fail (rerun failinig test while you’re fixing it, afterwards retest the whole suite
tox	Run Python tests in multiple environments