Small example of a Flask app using pytest to test routing and requests, GET and POST
License: MIT License
Simple sample application demonstrating how to use Pytest with Flask for testing routing and requests. The example includes a basic "hello world" route to demonstrate a GET request. The second example is a route that expects a POST request.
Install the requirements into a virtualenv or your environment of choice
pip install -r requirements.txt
which includes
then run the pytest command
=========================================== test session starts ============================================
platform linux -- Python 3.8.5, pytest-6.2.4, py-1.10.0, pluggy-0.13.1
rootdir: /home/danwand/work/bfh/flask-pytest-example
plugins: flask-1.2.0, requests-mock-1.8.0
collected 0 items / 1 error
================================================== ERRORS ==================================================
__________________________________ ERROR collecting tests/test_routes.py ___________________________________
ImportError while importing test module '/home/danwand/work/bfh/flask-pytest-example/tests/test_routes.py'.
Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
Traceback:
/usr/lib/python3.8/importlib/__init__.py:127: in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
tests/test_routes.py:4: in <module>
from flask_pytest_example.handlers.routes import configure_routes
E ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flask_pytest_example'
========================================= short test summary info ==========================================
ERROR tests/test_routes.py
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Interrupted: 1 error during collection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
============================================= 1 error in 0.08s =============================================Running pytest from the root directory does not work as advertised.
145@145-xps:~/git/flask-pytest-example$ pytest
============================================ test session starts =============================================
platform linux -- Python 3.6.9, pytest-6.2.2, py-1.10.0, pluggy-0.13.1
rootdir: /home/145/git/flask-pytest-example
collected 0 items / 1 error
=================================================== ERRORS ===================================================
___________________________________ ERROR collecting tests/test_routes.py ____________________________________
ImportError while importing test module '/home/145/git/flask-pytest-example/tests/test_routes.py'.
Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
Traceback:
/usr/lib/python3.6/importlib/__init__.py:126: in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
tests/test_routes.py:4: in <module>
from flask_pytest_example.handlers.routes import configure_routes
E ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flask_pytest_example'
========================================== short test summary info ===========================================
ERROR tests/test_routes.py
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Interrupted: 1 error during collection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
============================================== 1 error in 0.17s ==============================================
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