Testing

All existing tests are currently focused on the backend (i.e. Python) code and can be found in the tests directory. For writing and running tests, pytest is used.

Setting up the environment

For testing code locally, a separate database needs to be created first. The setup is similar to before, please see how to configure PostgreSQL for a reminder. When prompted for a password, it is recommended to use kadi_test. This way, the default testing configuration of the application does not need to be changed.

sudo -Hiu postgres createuser -P kadi_test
sudo -Hiu postgres createdb -O kadi_test kadi_test -E utf-8

Running tests

Pytest should discover all tests automatically when run inside the project’s root directory:

pytest

This will run all backend tests using the current local environment and configuration values defined in pytest.ini. Pytest also includes tons of command line options, e.g. to only run specific tests or to print any debugging outputs defined in tests, which will be suppressed otherwise. Please refer to the official pytest documentation for details.