How do I properly assert that an exception gets raised in pytest?
Code:
# coding=utf-8
import pytest
def whatever():
return 9/0
def test_whatever():
try:
whatever()
except ZeroDivisionError as exc:
pytest.fail(exc, pytrace=True)
Output:
================================ test session starts =================================
platform linux2 -- Python 2.7.3 -- py-1.4.20 -- pytest-2.5.2
plugins: django, cov
collected 1 items
pytest_test.py F
====================================== FAILURES ======================================
___________________________________ test_whatever ____________________________________
def test_whatever():
try:
whatever()
except ZeroDivisionError as exc:
> pytest.fail(exc, pytrace=True)
E Failed: integer division or modulo by zero
pytest_test.py:12: Failed
============================== 1 failed in 1.16 seconds ==============================
How do I make pytest print traceback, so that I would see where in the whatever function that an exception was raised?pytest.raises(Exception) is what you need. Code import pytest def test_passes(): with pytest.raises(Exception) as e_info: x = 1 / 0 def test_passes_without_info(): with pytest.raises(Exception): x = 1 / 0 def test_fails(): with pytest.raises(Exception) as e_info: x = 1 / 1 def test_fails_without_info(): with pytest.raises(Exception): x = 1 / 1 # Don't do this. Assertions are caught as exceptions. def test_passes_but_should_not(): try: x = 1 / 1 assert False except Exception: assert True # Even if the appropriate exception is caught, it is bad style, # because the test result is less informative # than it would be with pytest.raises(e) # (it just says pass or fail.) def test_passes_but_bad_style(): try: x = 1 / 0 assert False except ZeroDivisionError: assert True def test_fails_but_bad_style(): try: x = 1 / 1 assert False except ZeroDivisionError: assert True Output ============================================================================================= test session starts ============================================================================================== platform linux2 -- Python 2.7.6 -- py-1.4.26 -- pytest-2.6.4 collected 7 items test.py ..FF..F =================================================================================================== FAILURES =================================================================================================== __________________________________________________________________________________________________ test_fails __________________________________________________________________________________________________ def test_fails(): with pytest.raises(Exception) as e_info: > x = 1 / 1 E Failed: DID NOT RAISE test.py:13: Failed ___________________________________________________________________________________________ test_fails_without_info ____________________________________________________________________________________________ def test_fails_without_info(): with pytest.raises(Exception): > x = 1 / 1 E Failed: DID NOT RAISE test.py:17: Failed ___________________________________________________________________________________________ test_fails_but_bad_style ___________________________________________________________________________________________ def test_fails_but_bad_style(): try: x = 1 / 1 > assert False E assert False test.py:43: AssertionError ====================================================================================== 3 failed, 4 passed in 0.02 seconds ====================================================================================== Note that e_info saves the exception object so you can extract details from it. For example, if you want to check the exception call stack or another nested exception inside.
Get this solution programmatically \u2014 free, no authentication.
curl https://depscope.dev/api/error/029ef9c8e3ce50d1c8e98a4ccf20d48a9933b6afb5aa73090e811a6bdde4b01b