I am having an issue whereby relative imports from a .py file within a module are not recognised as such by pytest.
Consider the following directory structure:
.
├── import_pytest_issue
│ ├── __init__.py
│ ├── main.py
│ ├── user.py
│ └── utils.py
└── tests
├── __init__.py
└── test_main.py
main.py, user.py, and utils.py are as follows"
# ./import_pytest_issue/main.py
from user import User
if __name__ == "__main__":
user = User("Fred")
print(f"The user is called {user.name}, and their favourite number is {user.favourite_number}")
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# ./import_pytest_issue/user.py
from utils import random_number
class User:
favourite_number = random_number()
def __init__(self, name: str) -> None:
self.name = name
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# ./import_pytest_issue/utils.py
from random import choice
def random_number():
return choice(range(1, 11))
...and my test_main.py file is like this:
# ./tests/test_main.py
from import_pytest_issue.user import User
def test_user():
user = User("Larry")
assert user.name == "Larry"
assert user.favourite_number in range(1, 11)
main.py runs without issue:
> python import_pytest_issue/main.py
# The user is called Fred, and their favourite number is 1
...but running pytest I get a ModuleNotFoundError:
> pytest
# ======================================================================== test session starts ========================================================================
# platform linux -- Python 3.10.6, pytest-7.2.1, pluggy-1.0.0
# collected 0 items / 1 error
# ============================================================================== ERRORS ===============================================================================
# ________________________________________________________________ ERROR collecting tests/test_main.py ________________________________________________________________
# ImportError while importing test module 'import-pytest-issue/tests/test_main.py'.
# Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
# Traceback:
# /usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py:126: in import_module
# return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
# tests/test_main.py:1: in <module>
# from import_pytest_issue.user import User
# import_pytest_issue/user.py:1: in <module>
# from utils import random_number
# E ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'utils'
# ====================================================================== short test summary info ======================================================================
# ERROR tests/test_main.py
# !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Interrupted: 1 error during collection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# ========================================================================= 1 error in 0.05s ==========================================================================
FWIW this also happens if I run `python -m pytest`.
Any ideas?
