How to disable individual tests temporarily using unittest module in python?

Question

How to disable individual tests temporarily using unittest module in python?

Like googletest does.

Thanks.

Answer 1

The docs for 2.1 don't specify an ignore or skip method.

Usually though, I block comment when needed.

Answer 2

The latest version (2.7 - unreleased) supports test skipping/disabling like so. You could just get this module and use it on your existing Python install. It will probably work.

Before this, I used to rename the tests I wanted skipped to xtest_testname from test_testname.

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Here's a quick elisp script to do this. My elisp is a little rusty so I apologise in advance for any problems it has. Untested.

  (defun disable_enable_test ()
  (interactive "")
  (save-excursion
    (beginning-of-line)
    (search-forward "def")
    (forward-char)
    (if (looking-at "disable_")
    (zap-to-char 1 ?_)
      (insert "disable_"))))

Answer 3

You can use decorators to disable the test that can wrap the function and prevent the googletest or python unit test to run the testcase.

def disabled(f):
    def _decorator():
        print f.__name__ + ' has been disabled'
    return _decorator

@disabled
def testFoo():
    '''Foo test case'''
    print 'this is foo test case'

testFoo()

Output:

testFoo has been disabled

Answer 4

I just rename a test case method with an underscore: test_myfunc becomes _test_myfunc.