I need to install a python plugin that is a simple python file before the starting tests using pytest. I have used entry_points in setup.py. My problem is a bit complex so let's get into the problem with an example and we will come back to the problem later.
There are two packages- one is core and another one is mypackage.
Core provided functionality to add a plugin with group name 'my.plugin'.
core package logic
from importlib_metadata import entry_points
def plugin_method(some_data):
plugins = entry_points()['my.plugin']
loaded_plugins = []
for p in plugins:
loaded_plugins.apend(p.load())
#Does some processing on the data and decides which method to call from plugin
#call plugin method
return result
mypackage logic
setup.py
setup(
...
entry_points={'my.plugin': 'plugin1= plugin1.logic'}
...
)
logic.py
def method1(method_data):
print('method1 called')
return 1
def method2(method_data):
print('method1 called')
return 2
main.py
def method_uses_plugin()
# create data
plugin_method(data)
The plugin works fine. :)
Problem
I have written a test case for the method_uses_plugin method. It works fine if I have installed pypackage on my machine but it fails if installation is not done (in jenkins pipeline )
We don't usually install the package to run test cases because test cases should use source code directly.
We might need to do something with pytest to register the plugin in entry_points. I have tried many links but nothing worked.
My use case a bit complex but a similar question can be found here
