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Parameterized testing with any Python test framework
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Parameterized testing in Python sucks.

``parameterized`` fixes that. For everything. Parameterized testing for nose,
parameterized testing for py.test, parameterized testing for unittest.

.. code:: python

   # test_math.py
   from nose.tools import assert_equal
   from parameterized import parameterized, parameterized_class

   import unittest
   import math

   @parameterized([
       (2, 2, 4),
       (2, 3, 8),
       (1, 9, 1),
       (0, 9, 0),
   ])
   def test_pow(base, exponent, expected):
      assert_equal(math.pow(base, exponent), expected)

   class TestMathUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
      @parameterized.expand([
          ("negative", -1.5, -2.0),
          ("integer", 1, 1.0),
          ("large fraction", 1.6, 1),
      ])
      def test_floor(self, name, input, expected):
          assert_equal(math.floor(input), expected)

   @parameterized_class(('a', 'b', 'expected_sum', 'expected_product'), [
      (1, 2, 3, 2),
      (5, 5, 10, 25),
   ])
   class TestMathClass(unittest.TestCase):
      def test_add(self):
         assert_equal(self.a + self.b, self.expected_sum)

      def test_multiply(self):
         assert_equal(self.a * self.b, self.expected_product)

   @parameterized_class([
      { "a": 3, "expected": 2 },
      { "b": 5, "expected": -4 },
   ])
   class TestMathClassDict(unittest.TestCase):
      a = 1
      b = 1

      def test_subtract(self):
         assert_equal(self.a - self.b, self.expected)


With nose (and nose2)::

    $ nosetests -v test_math.py
    test_floor_0_negative (test_math.TestMathUnitTest) ... ok
    test_floor_1_integer (test_math.TestMathUnitTest) ... ok
    test_floor_2_large_fraction (test_math.TestMathUnitTest) ... ok
    test_math.test_pow(2, 2, 4, {}) ... ok
    test_math.test_pow(2, 3, 8, {}) ... ok
    test_math.test_pow(1, 9, 1, {}) ... ok
    test_math.test_pow(0, 9, 0, {}) ... ok
    test_add (test_math.TestMathClass_0) ... ok
    test_multiply (test_math.TestMathClass_0) ... ok
    test_add (test_math.TestMathClass_1) ... ok
    test_multiply (test_math.TestMathClass_1) ... ok
    test_subtract (test_math.TestMathClassDict_0) ... ok

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ran 12 tests in 0.015s

    OK

As the package name suggests, nose is best supported and will be used for all
further examples.


With py.test (version 2.0 and above)::

    $ py.test -v test_math.py
    ============================= test session starts ==============================
    platform darwin -- Python 3.6.1, pytest-3.1.3, py-1.4.34, pluggy-0.4.0
    collecting ... collected 13 items

    test_math.py::test_pow::[0] PASSED
    test_math.py::test_pow::[1] PASSED
    test_math.py::test_pow::[2] PASSED
    test_math.py::test_pow::[3] PASSED
    test_math.py::TestMathUnitTest::test_floor_0_negative PASSED
    test_math.py::TestMathUnitTest::test_floor_1_integer PASSED
    test_math.py::TestMathUnitTest::test_floor_2_large_fraction PASSED
    test_math.py::TestMathClass_0::test_add PASSED
    test_math.py::TestMathClass_0::test_multiply PASSED
    test_math.py::TestMathClass_1::test_add PASSED
    test_math.py::TestMathClass_1::test_multiply PASSED
    test_math.py::TestMathClassDict_0::test_subtract PASSED
    ==================== 12 passed, 4 warnings in 0.16 seconds =====================

With unittest (and unittest2)::

    $ python -m unittest -v test_math
    test_floor_0_negative (test_math.TestMathUnitTest) ... ok
    test_floor_1_integer (test_math.TestMathUnitTest) ... ok
    test_floor_2_large_fraction (test_math.TestMathUnitTest) ... ok
    test_add (test_math.TestMathClass_0) ... ok
    test_multiply (test_math.TestMathClass_0) ... ok
    test_add (test_math.TestMathClass_1) ... ok
    test_multiply (test_math.TestMathClass_1) ... ok
    test_subtract (test_math.TestMathClassDict_0) ... ok

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ran 8 tests in 0.001s

    OK

(note: because unittest does not support test decorators, only tests created
with ``@parameterized.expand`` will be executed)

With green::

    $ green test_math.py -vvv
    test_math
      TestMathClass_1
    .   test_method_a
    .   test_method_b
      TestMathClass_2
    .   test_method_a
    .   test_method_b
      TestMathClass_3
    .   test_method_a
    .   test_method_b
      TestMathUnitTest
    .   test_floor_0_negative
    .   test_floor_1_integer
    .   test_floor_2_large_fraction
      TestMathClass_0
    .   test_add
    .   test_multiply
      TestMathClass_1
    .   test_add
    .   test_multiply
      TestMathClassDict_0
    .   test_subtract

    Ran 12 tests in 0.121s

    OK (passes=9)


Installation
------------

::

    $ pip install parameterized


Compatibility
-------------

`Yes`__ (mostly).

__ https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/wolever/parameterized?branch=master

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1
   :stub-columns: 1

   * -
     - Py3.7
     - Py3.8
     - Py3.9
     - Py3.10
     - Py3.11
     - PyPy3
     - ``@mock.patch``
   * - nose
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - no§
     - no§
     - yes
   * - nose2
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
   * - py.test 2
     - no*
     - no*
     - no*
     - no*
     - no*
     - no*
     - no*
   * - py.test 3
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - no*
     - no*
     - yes
   * - py.test 4
     - no**
     - no**
     - no**
     - no**
     - no**
     - no**
     - no**
   * - py.test fixtures
     - no†
     - no†
     - no†
     - no†
     - no†
     - no†
     - no†
   * - | unittest
       | (``@parameterized.expand``)
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
   * - | unittest2
       | (``@parameterized.expand``)
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - yes
     - no§
     - no§
     - yes

§: nose and unittest2 - both of which were last updated in 2015 - sadly do not
appear to support Python 3.10 or 3.11.

\*: `py.test 2 does not appear to work under Python 3 (#71)`__, and
`py.test 3 does not appear to work under Python 3.10 or 3.11 (#154)`__.

\*\*: py.test 4 is not yet supported (but coming!) in `issue #34`__

†: py.test fixture support is documented in `issue #81`__


__ https://github.com/wolever/parameterized/issues/71
__ https://github.com/wolever/parameterized/issues/154
__ https://github.com/wolever/parameterized/issues/34
__ https://github.com/wolever/parameterized/issues/81

Dependencies
------------

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Exhaustive Usage Examples
--------------------------

The ``@parameterized`` and ``@parameterized.expand`` decorators accept a list
or iterable of tuples or ``param(...)``, or a callable which returns a list or
iterable:

.. code:: python

    from parameterized import parameterized, param

    # A list of tuples
    @parameterized([
        (2, 3, 5),
        (3, 5, 8),
    ])
    def test_add(a, b, expected):
        assert_equal(a + b, expected)

    # A list of params
    @parameterized([
        param("10", 10),
        param("10", 16, base=16),
    ])
    def test_int(str_val, expected, base=10):
        assert_equal(int(str_val, base=base), expected)

    # An iterable of params
    @parameterized(
        param.explicit(*json.loads(line))
        for line in open("testcases.jsons")
    )
    def test_from_json_file(...):
        ...

    # A callable which returns a list of tuples
    def load_test_cases():
        return [
            ("test1", ),
            ("test2", ),
        ]
    @parameterized(load_test_cases)
    def test_from_function(name):
        ...

.. **

Note that, when using an iterator or a generator, all the items will be loaded
into memory before the start of the test run (we do this explicitly to ensure
that generators are exhausted exactly once in multi-process or multi-threaded
testing environments).

The ``@parameterized`` decorator can be used test class methods, and standalone
functions:

.. code:: python

    from parameterized import parameterized

    class AddTest(object):
        @parameterized([
            (2, 3, 5),
        ])
        def test_add(self, a, b, expected):
            assert_equal(a + b, expected)

    @parameterized([
        (2, 3, 5),
    ])
    def test_add(a, b, expected):
        assert_equal(a + b, expected)


And ``@parameterized.expand`` can be used to generate test methods in
situations where test generators cannot be used (for example, when the test
class is a subclass of ``unittest.TestCase``):

.. code:: python

    import unittest
    from parameterized import parameterized

    class AddTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
        @parameterized.expand([
            ("2 and 3", 2, 3, 5),
            ("3 and 5", 3, 5, 8),
        ])
        def test_add(self, _, a, b, expected):
            assert_equal(a + b, expected)

Will create the test cases::

    $ nosetests example.py
    test_add_0_2_and_3 (example.AddTestCase) ... ok
    test_add_1_3_and_5 (example.AddTestCase) ... ok

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ran 2 tests in 0.001s

    OK

Note that ``@parameterized.expand`` works by creating new methods on the test
class. If the first parameter is a string, that string will be added to the end
of the method name. For example, the test case above will generate the methods
``test_add_0_2_and_3`` and ``test_add_1_3_and_5``.

The names of the test cases generated by ``@parameterized.expand`` can be
customized using the ``name_func`` keyword argument. The value should
be a function which accepts three arguments: ``testcase_func``, ``param_num``,
and ``params``, and it should return the name of the test case.
``testcase_func`` will be the function to be tested, ``param_num`` will be the
index of the test case parameters in the list of parameters, and ``param``
(an instance of ``param``) will be the parameters which will be used.

.. code:: python

    import unittest
    from parameterized import parameterized

    def custom_name_func(testcase_func, param_num, param):
        return "%s_%s" %(
            testcase_func.__name__,
            parameterized.to_safe_name("_".join(str(x) for x in param.args)),
        )

    class AddTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
        @parameterized.expand([
            (2, 3, 5),
            (2, 3, 5),
        ], name_func=custom_name_func)
        def test_add(self, a, b, expected):
            assert_equal(a + b, expected)

Will create the test cases::

    $ nosetests example.py
    test_add_1_2_3 (example.AddTestCase) ... ok
    test_add_2_3_5 (example.AddTestCase) ... ok

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ran 2 tests in 0.001s

    OK


The ``param(...)`` helper class stores the parameters for one specific test
case.  It can be used to pass keyword arguments to test cases:

.. code:: python

    from parameterized import parameterized, param

    @parameterized([
        param("10", 10),
        param("10", 16, base=16),
    ])
    def test_int(str_val, expected, base=10):
        assert_equal(int(str_val, base=base), expected)


If test cases have a docstring, the parameters for that test case will be
appended to the first line of the docstring. This behavior can be controlled
with the ``doc_func`` argument:

.. code:: python

    from parameterized import parameterized

    @parameterized([
        (1, 2, 3),
        (4, 5, 9),
    ])
    def test_add(a, b, expected):
        """ Test addition. """
        assert_equal(a + b, expected)

    def my_doc_func(func, num, param):
        return "%s: %s with %s" %(num, func.__name__, param)

    @parameterized([
        (5, 4, 1),
        (9, 6, 3),
    ], doc_func=my_doc_func)
    def test_subtraction(a, b, expected):
        assert_equal(a - b, expected)

::

    $ nosetests example.py
    Test addition. [with a=1, b=2, expected=3] ... ok
    Test addition. [with a=4, b=5, expected=9] ... ok
    0: test_subtraction with param(*(5, 4, 1)) ... ok
    1: test_subtraction with param(*(9, 6, 3)) ... ok

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Ran 4 tests in 0.001s

    OK

Finally ``@parameterized_class`` parameterizes an entire class, using
either a list of attributes, or a list of dicts that will be applied to the
class:

.. code:: python

    from yourapp.models import User
    from parameterized import parameterized_class

    @parameterized_class([
       { "username": "user_1", "access_level": 1 },
       { "username": "user_2", "access_level": 2, "expected_status_code": 404 },
    ])
    class TestUserAccessLevel(TestCase):
       expected_status_code = 200

       def setUp(self):
          self.client.force_login(User.objects.get(username=self.username)[0])

       def test_url_a(self):
          response = self.client.get('/url')
          self.assertEqual(response.status_code, self.expected_status_code)

       def tearDown(self):
          self.client.logout()


    @parameterized_class(("username", "access_level", "expected_status_code"), [
       ("user_1", 1, 200),
       ("user_2", 2, 404)
    ])
    class TestUserAccessLevel(TestCase):
       def setUp(self):
          self.client.force_login(User.objects.get(username=self.username)[0])

       def test_url_a(self):
          response = self.client.get("/url")
          self.assertEqual(response.status_code, self.expected_status_code)

       def tearDown(self):
          self.client.logout()


The ``@parameterized_class`` decorator accepts a ``class_name_func`` argument,
which controls the name of the parameterized classes generated by
``@parameterized_class``:

.. code:: python

    from parameterized import parameterized, parameterized_class

    def get_class_name(cls, num, params_dict):
        # By default the generated class named includes either the "name"
        # parameter (if present), or the first string value. This example shows
        # multiple parameters being included in the generated class name:
        return "%s_%s_%s%s" %(
            cls.__name__,
            num,
            parameterized.to_safe_name(params_dict['a']),
            parameterized.to_safe_name(params_dict['b']),
        )

    @parameterized_class([
       { "a": "hello", "b": " world!", "expected": "hello world!" },
       { "a": "say ", "b": " cheese :)", "expected": "say cheese :)" },
    ], class_name_func=get_class_name)
    class TestConcatenation(TestCase):
      def test_concat(self):
          self.assertEqual(self.a + self.b, self.expected)

::

    $ nosetests -v test_math.py
    test_concat (test_concat.TestConcatenation_0_hello_world_) ... ok
    test_concat (test_concat.TestConcatenation_0_say_cheese__) ... ok



Using with Single Parameters
............................

If a test function only accepts one parameter and the value is not iterable,
then it is possible to supply a list of values without wrapping each one in a
tuple:

.. code:: python

   @parameterized([1, 2, 3])
   def test_greater_than_zero(value):
      assert value > 0

Note, however, that if the single parameter *is* iterable (such as a list or
tuple), then it *must* be wrapped in a tuple, list, or the ``param(...)``
helper:

.. code:: python

   @parameterized([
      ([1, 2, 3], ),
      ([3, 3], ),
      ([6], ),
   ])
   def test_sums_to_6(numbers):
      assert sum(numbers) == 6

(note, also, that Python requires single element tuples to be defined with a
trailing comma: ``(foo, )``)


Using with ``@mock.patch``
..........................

``parameterized`` can be used with ``mock.patch``, but the argument ordering
can be confusing. The ``@mock.patch(...)`` decorator must come *below* the
``@parameterized(...)``, and the mocked parameters must come *last*:

.. code:: python

   @mock.patch("os.getpid")
   class TestOS(object):
      @parameterized(...)
      @mock.patch("os.fdopen")
      @mock.patch("os.umask")
      def test_method(self, param1, param2, ..., mock_umask, mock_fdopen, mock_getpid):
         ...

Note: the same holds true when using ``@parameterized.expand``.


Migrating from ``nose-parameterized`` to ``parameterized``
----------------------------------------------------------

To migrate a codebase from ``nose-parameterized`` to ``parameterized``:

1. Update your requirements file, replacing ``nose-parameterized`` with
   ``parameterized``.

2. Replace all references to ``nose_parameterized`` with ``parameterized``::

    $ perl -pi -e 's/nose_parameterized/parameterized/g' your-codebase/

3. You're done!


FAQ
---

What happened to Python 2.X, 3.5, and 3.6 support?
    As of version 0.9.0, ``parameterized`` no longer supports Python 2.X, 3.5,
    or 3.6.  Previous versions of ``parameterized`` - 0.8.1 being the latest -
    will continue to work, but will not receive any new features or bug fixes.

What do you mean when you say "nose is best supported"?
    There are small caveates with ``py.test`` and ``unittest``: ``py.test``
    does not show the parameter values (ex, it will show ``test_add[0]``
    instead of ``test_add[1, 2, 3]``), and ``unittest``/``unittest2`` do not
    support test generators so ``@parameterized.expand`` must be used.

Why not use ``@pytest.mark.parametrize``?
    Because spelling is difficult. Also, ``parameterized`` doesn't require you
    to repeat argument names, and (using ``param``) it supports optional
    keyword arguments.

Why do I get an ``AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'expand'`` with ``@parameterized.expand``?
    You've likely installed the ``parametrized`` (note the missing *e*)
    package. Use ``parameterized`` (with the *e*) instead and you'll be all
    set.

What happened to ``nose-parameterized``?
    Originally only nose was supported. But now everything is supported, and it
    only made sense to change the name!