Configuring Django settings¶
There are a couple of different ways Django settings can be provided for the tests.
The environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
¶
Running the tests with DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE defined will find the Django settings the same way Django does by default.
Example:
$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=test_settings
$ pytest
or:
$ DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=test_settings pytest
pytest.ini settings¶
Example contents of pytest.ini:
[pytest]
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = test_settings
Order of choosing settings¶
When the command option –ds, the environment variable and the pytest.ini configuration is used at the same time, pytest-django will prefer using settings from the command line option –ds, then the environment variable and last the pytest.ini. You can use addopts = –ds=yourtestsettings in your pytest configuration to automatically add the –ds option.
Using django-configurations¶
There is support for using django-configurations.
To do so configure the settings class using an environment variable, the –dc flag, or pytest.ini DJANGO_CONFIGURATION.
Environment Variable:
$ export DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=MySettings
$ pytest
Command Line Option:
$ pytest --dc=MySettings
INI File Contents:
[pytest]
DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=MySettings
Using django.conf.settings.configure()
¶
Django settings can be set up by calling django.conf.settings.configure()
.
This can be done from your project’s conftest.py
file:
from django.conf import settings
def pytest_configure():
settings.configure(DATABASES=...)