How to specify which tests to run with "python setup.py nosetests"

Question

Behold, my setup.py:

https://github.com/mongodb/motor/blob/master/setup.py

... and setup.cfg:

https://github.com/mongodb/motor/blob/master/setup.cfg

I'd like to be able to run one suite, like:

python setup.py nosetests test.test_motor_ssl

But I get "invalid command name 'test.test_motor_ssl'". With this, on the other hand:

python setup.py nosetests --tests test.test_motor_ssl

... nosetests runs every test in my project. How can I tell nosetests, when it is running in setup.py, how to run a subset of tests?

Would one of these posts/links have what you are looking for? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3704473/how-do-i-run-a-single-test-with-nose-in-pylons http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11210519/manually-adding-test-suite-to-nose/13996879#13996879 http://blog.cesarcd.com/2011/11/python-testing-with-nose-by-example.html Cheers — HRVHackers, Apr 28 '13 at 22:12
No, because those posts/links don't answer the question in the way I asked it, specifically highlighted in bold: They don't tell me how to run one test suite when nose is running in setup.py. — A. Jesse Jiryu Davis, Apr 29 '13 at 03:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 29 '13 at 04:51

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Apparently this is a known bug in nose 1.2.1 and they already have a fix in the master branch. You can either wait for the next version or use the nosetests command directly.

source: https://github.com/nose-devs/nose/issues/556

answered May 29 '13 at 04:51

user2411718

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Just that it is not fixed yet also in the 1.3.X version – Rmatt Dec 10 '14 at 14:54

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '14 at 14:58

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The only thing that works now is actually the directory approach. It is still not possible to specify the path...

python setup.py nosetests -w tests/test_folder

answered Dec 10 '14 at 14:58

Rmatt

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 19 '15 at 12:38

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Using nose==1.3.1 I'm able to run a single test class/test case via: python setup.py nosetests --tests tests/test_file.py:TestClass.test_case

answered May 19 '15 at 12:38

cmcguire

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How to specify which tests to run with "python setup.py nosetests"

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