johnp
Python Testing with pytest - Chapter 5 example c AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'config'
Running the examples in chapter 5 c under pytest 5.4.1 causes an AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘config’.
In particular the code:
$ cd /path/to/code/ch5/c/tasks_proj/tests/func
$ pytest --tb=no test_api_exceptions.py -k TestAdd
causes:
(bopytest) [user@computer func]$ pytest -v test_api_exceptions.py -k TestAdd
==================================================== test session starts =====================================================
platform linux -- Python 3.8.3, pytest-5.4.1, py-1.8.1, pluggy-0.13.1 -- /home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/bin/python
cachedir: .pytest_cache
rootdir: /home/user/Projects/bopytest/ch5/c/tasks_proj/tests, inifile: pytest.ini
collected 9 items / 7 deselected / 2 selected
test_api_exceptions.py::TestAdd::test_missing_summary PASSED [ 50%]
test_api_exceptions.py::TestAdd::test_done_not_bool
INTERNALERROR> Traceback (most recent call last):
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 191, in wrap_session
INTERNALERROR> session.exitstatus = doit(config, session) or 0
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 247, in _main
INTERNALERROR> config.hook.pytest_runtestloop(session=session)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/hooks.py", line 286, in __call__
INTERNALERROR> return self._hookexec(self, self.get_hookimpls(), kwargs)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py", line 93, in _hookexec
INTERNALERROR> return self._inner_hookexec(hook, methods, kwargs)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py", line 84, in <lambda>
INTERNALERROR> self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: hook.multicall(
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 208, in _multicall
INTERNALERROR> return outcome.get_result()
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 80, in get_result
INTERNALERROR> raise ex[1].with_traceback(ex[2])
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 187, in _multicall
INTERNALERROR> res = hook_impl.function(*args)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 272, in pytest_runtestloop
INTERNALERROR> item.config.hook.pytest_runtest_protocol(item=item, nextitem=nextitem)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/hooks.py", line 286, in __call__
INTERNALERROR> return self._hookexec(self, self.get_hookimpls(), kwargs)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py", line 93, in _hookexec
INTERNALERROR> return self._inner_hookexec(hook, methods, kwargs)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py", line 84, in <lambda>
INTERNALERROR> self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: hook.multicall(
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 208, in _multicall
INTERNALERROR> return outcome.get_result()
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 80, in get_result
INTERNALERROR> raise ex[1].with_traceback(ex[2])
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 187, in _multicall
INTERNALERROR> res = hook_impl.function(*args)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 85, in pytest_runtest_protocol
INTERNALERROR> runtestprotocol(item, nextitem=nextitem)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 100, in runtestprotocol
INTERNALERROR> reports.append(call_and_report(item, "call", log))
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_pytest/runner.py", line 190, in call_and_report
INTERNALERROR> hook.pytest_runtest_logreport(report=report)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/hooks.py", line 286, in __call__
INTERNALERROR> return self._hookexec(self, self.get_hookimpls(), kwargs)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py", line 93, in _hookexec
INTERNALERROR> return self._inner_hookexec(hook, methods, kwargs)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py", line 84, in <lambda>
INTERNALERROR> self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: hook.multicall(
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 208, in _multicall
INTERNALERROR> return outcome.get_result()
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 80, in get_result
INTERNALERROR> raise ex[1].with_traceback(ex[2])
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 187, in _multicall
INTERNALERROR> res = hook_impl.function(*args)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_pytest/terminal.py", line 446, in pytest_runtest_logreport
INTERNALERROR> res = self.config.hook.pytest_report_teststatus(report=rep, config=self.config)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/hooks.py", line 286, in __call__
INTERNALERROR> return self._hookexec(self, self.get_hookimpls(), kwargs)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py", line 93, in _hookexec
INTERNALERROR> return self._inner_hookexec(hook, methods, kwargs)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/manager.py", line 84, in <lambda>
INTERNALERROR> self._inner_hookexec = lambda hook, methods, kwargs: hook.multicall(
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 208, in _multicall
INTERNALERROR> return outcome.get_result()
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 80, in get_result
INTERNALERROR> raise ex[1].with_traceback(ex[2])
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/.local/share/virtualenvs/bopytest/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pluggy/callers.py", line 187, in _multicall
INTERNALERROR> res = hook_impl.function(*args)
INTERNALERROR> File "/home/user/Projects/bopytest/ch5/c/tasks_proj/tests/conftest.py", line 88, in pytest_report_teststatus
INTERNALERROR> if report.failed and pytest.config.getoption("nice"):
INTERNALERROR> AttributeError: module 'pytest' has no attribute 'config'
From the digging I have done it seems that the capability to do
pytest.config
from
pytest.config.getoption('nice'):
was deprecated in pytest 4.0 and removed from pytest 5.0.
What did work for me was:
def pytest_report_header(config):
"""Thank tester for running tests."""
if config.getoption("nice"):
return "Thanks for running the tests."
def pytest_report_teststatus(config, report):
"""Turn failures into opportunities."""
if report.when == "call":
if report.failed and config.getoption("nice"):
return (report.outcome, "O", "OPPORTUNITY for improvement")
Cheers
John
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“nice” workaround, John.
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