Test code blocks in your READMEs.

This is pytest-codeblocks, a pytest plugin for testing code blocks from README files. It supports Python and shell code.

Install with

pip install pytest-codeblocks

and run pytest with

pytest --codeblocks

================================= test session starts =================================
platform linux -- Python 3.9.4, pytest-6.2.4, py-1.10.0, pluggy-0.13.1
rootdir: /path/to/directory
plugins: codeblocks-0.11.0
collected 56 items

example.md .......................                                              [ 50%]
README.md .......................                                               [100%]

================================= 56 passed in 0.08s ==================================

pytest-codeblocks will only pick up code blocks with python and sh/bash/zsh syntax highlighting.

Marking code blocks

It is possible to use pytest.mark for marking code blocks. For example, to skip a code block use pytest.mark.skip or pytest.mark.skipif:

Lorem ipsum

<!--pytest.mark.skip-->

```python
foo + bar  # not working
```

dolor sit amet.

<!--pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info <= (3, 7), reason="Need at least Python 3.8")-->

You can skip code blocks on import errors with

<!--pytest-codeblocks:importorskip(sympy)-->

Skip the entire file by putting

<!--pytest-codeblocks:skipfile-->

in the first line.

For expected errors, use pytest.mark.xfail:

The following gives an error:

<!--pytest.mark.xfail-->

```python
1 / 0
```

Merging code blocks

Broken-up code blocks can be merged into one with the pytest-codeblocks:cont prefix

Lorem ipsum

```python
a = 1
```

dolor sit amet

<!--pytest-codeblocks:cont-->

```python
# this would otherwise fail since `a` is not defined
a + 1
```

If you'd like to prepend code that you don't want to show, you can just comment it out; pytest-codeblocks will pick it up anyway:

Lorem ipsum

<!--
```python
a = 1
```
-->

dolor sit amet

<!--pytest-codeblocks:cont-->

```python
# this would otherwise fail since `a` is not defined
a + 1
```

Expected output

You can also define the expected output of a code block:

This

```sh
print(1 + 3)
```

gives

<!--pytest-codeblocks:expected-output-->

```
4
```

Use expected-output-ignore-whitespace if you'd like whitespace differences to be ignored.

(Conditionally) Skipping the output verfication works by prepending the first block with skip/skipif (see above).