I've posted a MWE to https://github.com/dpbmm/pytest_import_question for ease of study.
Curiously, the example works with nose. What should I do to make it work with Pytest? - dpb On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:16 PM, dpb dpb <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm converting some tests written earlier for Unittest and am having > trouble with import statements when running them with Pytest. > > As an example, in the older code the module create.py in directory lib > might be imported as > > import lib.create >> > > but this syntax usually raises errors when I run the code with Pytest. > > I'd appreciate any advice. Details and minimal examples below. > > 1. I am in the directory temp: > > temp/ > lib/ > __init__.py > create.py > tests/ > test_caller.py > > > > 2. File __init__.py is empty. The other two files are as follows: > > # test_caller.py >> >> import lib.create >> >> def test_show(): >> assert True >> > > and > > # create.py >> >> def create(): >> pass >> > > > > 3. Running Pytest from within temp typically generates an ImportError: > > $ py.test tests >> ============================= test session starts >> ============================== >> platform darwin -- Python 2.7.6 -- py-1.4.26 -- pytest-2.7.0 >> rootdir: .../temp/tests, inifile: >> collected 0 items / 1 errors >> >> ==================================== ERRORS >> ==================================== >> _______________________ ERROR collecting test_caller.py >> ________________________ >> tests/test_caller.py:3: in <module> >> import lib.create >> E ImportError: No module named lib.create >> =========================== 1 error in 0.01 seconds >> ============================ >> > > > > 4. I have tried updating the sys.path list in test_caller.py: > > import sys >> sys.path.append('lib') >> > > or > > sys.path.extend(['..', 'lib']) >> > > but the result is the same. > > Thanks for any suggestions as to how to deal with this. >
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