Pytest Cheat Sheet

• Pytest Official Docs

Running

• Fail fast / stop after first failure: pytest -x
• Run from module or directory: pytest dir/tests/footest.py, pytest dir/
• Run specific markers: pytest -m marker (mark with @pytest.mark.mymarker)
• Drop to pdb on failure: pytest --pdb (set breakpoint w/ breakpoint())
• Recreate database using pytest-django: --create-db

Configuration

• pytest.ini
• conftest.py
• Use pytest-dotenv to read environment variables from .env files
• Use pytest-xdist and pytest -n NUMCPUS to parallelize test running
• Python debugging in VS Code