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pytest-databases
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Ready-made database fixtures for your pytest tests.
pytest-databases uses the Docker Python SDK to manage the startup and shutdown of database services in containers. The following databases are currently available:
Quick install for postgres:
pip install pytest-databases[postgres]
conftest.py:pytest_plugins = ["pytest_databases.docker.postgres"]
from pytest_databases.docker.postgres import PostgresService
import psycopg
def test_one(postgres_service: PostgresService) -> None:
with psycopg.connect(
f"postgresql://{postgres_service.user}:{postgres_service.password}@{postgres_service.host}:{postgres_service.port}/{postgres_service.database}",
autocommit=True,
) as conn:
result = conn.execute("SELECT 1")
assert result
Full documentation is available at https://litestar-org.github.io/pytest-databases/latest/
Contributions are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guide for details on our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
FAQs
Reusable database fixtures for any and all databases.
We found that pytest-databases demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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