pytest-qt

pytest-qt is a pytest plugin that allows programmers to write tests for PySide and PyQt applications.

The main usage is to use the qtbot fixture, responsible for handling qApp creation as needed and provides methods to simulate user interaction, like key presses and mouse clicks:

def test_hello(qtbot):
    widget = HelloWidget()
    qtbot.addWidget(widget)

    # click in the Greet button and make sure it updates the appropriate label
    qtbot.mouseClick(window.button_greet, QtCore.Qt.LeftButton)

    assert window.greet_label.text() == 'Hello!'

This allows you to test and make sure your view layer is behaving the way you expect after each code change.

Requirements

Python 2.6 or later, including Python 3+.

Works with either PySide or PyQt picking whichever is available on the system, giving preference to PySide if both are installed (to force it to use PyQt, set the environment variable PYTEST_QT_FORCE_PYQT=true).

Documentation

Full documentation and tutorial available at Read the Docs.

Change Log

Please consult the releases page.

Bugs/Requests

Please report any issues or feature requests in the issue tracker.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome, so feel free to submit a bug or feature request.

Pull requests are highly appreciated! If you can, include some tests that exercise the new code or test that a bug has been fixed, and make sure to include yourself in the contributors list. :)

Contributors

Many thanks to:

• Igor T. Ghisi (@itghisi);
• John David Reaver (@jdreaver);
• Benjamin Hedrich (@bh);
• Benjamin Audren (@baudren);
• Fabio Zadrozny (@fabioz);
• Datalyze Solutions (@datalyze-solutions);