Overview

Installation

As simple as:

$ [sudo] pip install pytest-logger

Project is hosted on github:

Rationale

I work with C++ application which logs copiously on its own and has multiple interfaces on which interesting events occur. Getting all this information as separate files in directory tree or filtered real-time logs proves to be invaluable in testing.

Unfortunately, contemporary state of pytest and plugins doesn't allow to do this out-of-the-box:

  • real-time output to terminal which doesn't mix with regular pytest output ('-v' or not)

  • possibility to enable and set levels on per logger basis

  • test session logs persistent in filesystem and partitioned in fine-grained manner (per testcase and per logger)

Above problems require reacting on events such as session start, test start/teardown and inspecting some data stored by framework, e.g. test locations/names. This requires writing pytest plugin.

Plugin has a hook API, which means that if user doesn't implement hooks, nothing happens, and if he does - any cmdline options and logging configuration logic may be envisioned.

Contributing

Contibutions are welcome!

If you:

  • find a bug in plugin,

  • find important features missing,

  • want to propose a new feature,

  • or just like it,

please write to github issues or let me know via email.