Print the test type in Python Nose

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I am using Python Nose and would like to print the type of the test ran, like whether it is a Doctest or unittest or so? How can this be done?

Thanks.

Demian Brecht · Answer 1 · 2012-10-09T07:32:16.030

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Using --with-doctests implies that you're running doctests. Anything outside of a doctest can be considered a unit test. AFAIK, they're not mutually exclusive, so you can't strictly tell which you're running if you've enabled --with-doctests.

Having said that, doctests generally are a form of unit test, so I'm not quite sure what end you're trying to achieve with this.

edited Oct 09 '12 at 07:32

answered Oct 09 '12 at 07:14

Demian Brecht

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Thanks. Do you know of a way to run only either of doctests or unittests using Nose? – vinay polisetti Oct 09 '12 at 10:48
You can run nose on a specific file, effectively removing any externally defined unit tests. – Demian Brecht Oct 09 '12 at 13:57
You should also be able to limit the test type using the matching/nonmatching regex or using attribute matching. – dbn Dec 18 '12 at 07:01

dbn · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-03T02:44:13.203

You can create your own plugin to change the printed name of the test. Then, when you use the verbose flag the test type will print. Try something like this:

from nose.plugins import Plugin
import doctest

class CustomName(Plugin):
    def describeTest(self, test):
        if isinstance(test, doctest.DocTestCase):
            return "Doctest: %s" % test
        else:
            return "Unittest: %s" % test

After installing it, run it like:

nosetests --with-customname -sv test_directory

Be warned, this is untested.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 09 '12 at 07:26

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This might be a little fragile. But note that nosetests are just on top of unittest

import inspect

def is_nose_test():
    assert "nose" in inspect.stack()[1][1]

answered Oct 09 '12 at 07:26

Peter Vierstrom

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Print the test type in Python Nose

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