A timer plugin for nosetests that answers the question: how much time does every test take?

pip install nose-timer

Or to install the latest development version from Git:

pip install git+git://github.com/mahmoudimus/nose-timer.git

Or to install the latest from source:

git clone https://github.com/mahmoudimus/nose-timer.git
cd nose-timer
python setup.py install

Run nosetests with the --with-timer flag, and you will see a list of the tests and the time spent by each one (in seconds):

myapp.tests.ABigTestCase.test_the_world_is_running: 56.0010s
myapp.tests.ABigTestCase.test_the_rest_of_the_galaxy_is_running: 2356.0010s

For example, to show only the 10 slowest tests, run nosetests with the --timer-top-n flag.

nosetests --with-timer --timer-top-n 10

You can highlight slower tests using --timer-ok and --timer-warning flags. Default time unit is the second, but you can specify it explicitly, e.g. 1s, 100ms.

• Tests which take less time than --timer-ok will be highlighted in green.
• Tests which take less time than --timer-warning will be highlighted in yellow.
• All other tests will be highlighted in red.

In some cases, you may want to disable colors completely. This is done by using the --timer-no-color flag. This is useful when running tests in a headless console.

nose-timer is an MIT/BSD dual-Licensed library.

• Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug.
• Fork the repository on GitHub to start making your changes to the master branch (or branch off of it).
• Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.
• Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and published.
• Make sure to add yourself to the author's file in setup.py and the Contributors section below :)

• @mahmoudimus
• @fisadev
• @andresriancho
• @e0ne
• @kevinburke
• @DmitrySandalov
• @satyrius
• @skudriashev
• @whodafly
• @hugovk
• @cgoldberg