Live server & client¶
These instruments allows you to lunch a live servers and live clients, e.g. for UI testing purposes.
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class
pytest_djangoapp.fixtures.live.
LiveClient
(*, browser: str)¶ Base class for live clients.
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class
pytest_djangoapp.fixtures.live.
SeleniumLiveClient
(*, browser: str)¶ This live client wraps Selenium.
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pytest_djangoapp.fixtures.live.
liveclient
()¶ Runs a live client. Available as a context manager.
Example:
def test_live(liveserver, liveclient): with liveserver() as server: # Let's run Firefox using Selenium. with liveclient('selenium', browser='firefox') as client: selenium = client.handle # Selenium driver is available in .handle # Let's open server's root URL and check heading 1 on that page selenium.get(server.url) assert selenium.find_element('tag name', 'h1').text == 'Not Found'
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pytest_djangoapp.fixtures.live.
liveserver
() → Type[pytest_djangoapp.fixtures.live.LiveServer]¶ Runs a live server. Available as a context manager.
Warning
For Django >= 4.0
Example:
def test_live(liveserver): with liveserver() as server: print(f'Live server is available at: {server.url}')