quicktest.py

import os
import sys
import argparse

import django
from django.conf import settings


class QuickDjangoTest(object):
    """
    A quick way to run the Django test suite without a fully-configured project.

    Example usage:

        >>> QuickDjangoTest('app1', 'app2')

    Based on a script published by Lukasz Dziedzia at:
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3841725/how-to-launch-tests-for-django-reusable-app
    """
    DIRNAME = os.path.dirname(__file__)
    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        'django.contrib.sessions',
        'django.contrib.admin',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles',
        'django.contrib.messages',
        'django.contrib.humanize',
        'bootstrapform',
    )
    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
        'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
        'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
        'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
    ]

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.apps = args
        # Get the version of the test suite
        self.version = self.get_test_version()
        # Call the appropriate one
        if self.version == 'new':
            self._new_tests()
        else:
            self._old_tests()

    def get_test_version(self):
        """
        Figure out which version of Django's test suite we have to play with.
        """
        if django.VERSION >= (1, 2):
            return 'new'
        else:
            return 'old'

    def _old_tests(self):
        """
        Fire up the Django test suite from before version 1.2
        """
        settings.configure(DEBUG = True,
           DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3',
           DATABASE_NAME = os.path.join(self.DIRNAME, 'database.db'),
           INSTALLED_APPS = self.INSTALLED_APPS + self.apps
        )
        from django.test.simple import run_tests
        failures = run_tests(self.apps, verbosity=1)
        if failures:
            sys.exit(failures)

    def _new_tests(self):
        """
        Fire up the Django test suite developed for version 1.2
        """

        settings.configure(
            DEBUG = True,
            DATABASES = {
                'default': {
                    'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
                    'NAME': os.path.join(self.DIRNAME, 'database.db'),
                    'USER': '',
                    'PASSWORD': '',
                    'HOST': '',
                    'PORT': '',
                }
            },
            INSTALLED_APPS = self.INSTALLED_APPS + self.apps,
            MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = self.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES,
            ROOT_URLCONF = self.apps[0] + '.urls',
        )

        if django.VERSION >= (1, 7):
            django.setup()

        from django.test.simple import DjangoTestSuiteRunner
        failures = DjangoTestSuiteRunner().run_tests(self.apps, verbosity=1)
        if failures:
            sys.exit(failures)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    """
    What do when the user hits this file from the shell.

    Example usage:

        $ python quicktest.py app1 app2

    """
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        usage="[args]",
        description="Run Django tests on the provided applications."
    )
    parser.add_argument('apps', nargs='+', type=str)
    args = parser.parse_args()
    QuickDjangoTest(*args.apps)