Python: is there a better way to skip the test module?

Question

In Java all you have to say is @Ignore on test class and the entire test class is ignored

Is there a better way to skip the entire test module or shall i just do

class TestMe():
  @unittest.skip
  def test_a(self):
    pass

  @unittest.skip
  def test_b(self):
    pass
  ...

by adding @unittest.skip on all the test on module

Uh... are you talking to yourself? – Gareth Latty May 21 '13 at 12:49 — Gareth Latty, May 21 '13 at 12:49
There was a guy, but he deleted his comment it seems ;) – daydreamer May 21 '13 at 13:21 — daydreamer, May 21 '13 at 13:21

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '13 at 12:50

7

Just use the decorator on the class, as per the docs:

@unittest.skip("showing class skipping")
class MySkippedTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_not_run(self):
        pass

answered May 21 '13 at 12:50

Gareth Latty

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '13 at 12:50

3

As per comment, the following works

@unittest.skip
class TestMe():
  def test_a(self):
    pass

  def test_b(self):
    pass
  ...

by adding the annotation @unittest.skip on the class instead of each method

answered May 21 '13 at 12:50

daydreamer

2 Answers2