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__)

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.apps = args
        self.run_tests()

    def run_tests(self):
        """
        Fire up the Django test suite developed for version 1.2
        """
        settings.configure(
            DATABASES={
                'default': {
                    'ENGINE':  'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
                    'NAME': os.path.join(self.DIRNAME, 'database.db'),
                    'USER': '',
                    'PASSWORD': '',
                    'HOST': '',
                    'PORT': '',
                }
            },
            INSTALLED_APPS= self.apps,
        )

        # Setup configuration
        django.setup()

        from django.test.runner import DiscoverRunner as Runner

        failures = Runner().run_tests(self.apps, verbosity=1)
        if failures:  # pragma: no cover
            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)