https://github.com/nxht/pytest-bg-process

Pytest plugin for background process
https://github.com/nxht/pytest-bg-process

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Pytest plugin for background process

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nxht/pytest-bg-process
• Owner: nxht
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-05-28T19:57:28.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-01-24T18:47:42.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-29T02:21:35.351Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 7.81 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# pytest-bg-process

Pytest plugin to initialize background process.

The process will start once before all the tests using [subprocess.Popen](https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.Popen) and will be killed once all the tests finished.

## Installation

```

pip install pytest-bg-process

```

## Configuration

From [pytest configuration](https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/reference/customize.html#configuration-file-formats):

- background-cmd: 

  - Path to command to run at background

  - Default: None

- background-cmd-env: 

  - Environmental variable to path to command to run at background. 

  - Has higher priority than background-cmd.

  - Default: None

- background-pid: 

  - Path to save PID data of the background process.

  - Default: background.pid

- background-log:

  - Path to save log data of the background process. 

  - Default: background.log

## Example

### Using background-cmd

```ini

[pytest]

background-cmd=redis-server

background-pid=redis.pid

background-log=redis.log

```

### Using background-cmd-env

```ini

[pytest]

background-cmd-env=REDIS_CMD

background-pid=redis.pid

background-log=redis.log

```

then

```bash

REDIS_CMD=redis-server && pytest

```