pytest monkeypatch.setattr() inside of test class method

Question

I have a test class with few test methods and I want to patch some app classes and methods from the test methods. In pytest docs I found an example of how to use monkeypatch module for tests. It that example all tests are just functions, not testclass methods.

But I have a class with test methods:

class MyTest(TestCase):
   def setUp():
     pass

   def test_classmethod(self, monkeypatch):
     # here I want to use monkeypatch.setattr()
     pass

And just passing monkeypatch as method param is obviously doesn't work. So looks like py.test magic doesn't work this way.

So the question is simple and maybe stupid: how can I use monkeypatch.setattr() for pytest inside from the test class method?

Piotr Dawidiuk · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-19 23:23:55Z

25

It can't work in this form

While pytest supports receiving fixtures via test function arguments for non-unittest test methods, unittest.TestCase methods cannot directly receive fixture function arguments as implementing that is likely to inflict on the ability to run general unittest.TestCase test suites.

You might create monkeypatch directly

from _pytest.monkeypatch import MonkeyPatch

class MyTest(TestCase):
   def setUp():
     self.monkeypatch = MonkeyPatch()

   def test_classmethod(self):
     self.monkeypatch.setattr ...
     ...

or create own fixture, which will add monkeypatch to your class, and use @pytest.mark.usefixtures

@pytest.fixture(scope="class")
def monkeypatch_for_class(request):
    request.cls.monkeypatch = MonkeyPatch()

@pytest.mark.usefixtures("monkeypatch_for_class")
class MyTest(TestCase):
   def setUp():
     pass

   def test_classmethod(self):
     self.monkeypatch.setattr ...
     ...

answered Feb 19, 2017 at 23:23

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3 Comments

maciejwww Over a year ago

Shouldn't setUp() function have a self argument?

404pio Over a year ago

Hi, wonderful answer. Why in import statement there is underscore before pytest? from _pytest

leanid.chaika Over a year ago

I also have to add tearDown() with self.monkeypatch.undo()

Artiom · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-23 20:44:21Z

I had exactly the same problem. This works perfectly

import unittest
import pandas as pd
from _pytest.monkeypatch import MonkeyPatch
from src.geipan_data import loadLongitudeLatitudeDateTestimony

class TestGeipanData(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.monkeypatch = MonkeyPatch()

    def test_loadLongitudeLatitudeDateTestimony(self):

        def read_csv(*args, **kwargs):
            return pd.DataFrame({
                'obs_date_heure': ['2010-05-21', '1926-05-21'],
                'obs_1_lon': [45.123, 78.4564],
                'obs_1_lat': [32.123, 98.4564],
            })

        self.monkeypatch.setattr(pd, 'read_csv', read_csv)

        df = loadLongitudeLatitudeDateTestimony()

        self.assertListEqual(
            df.columns.values.tolist(),
            ['obs_date_heure', 'obs_1_lon', 'obs_1_lat']
        )

In this example I do mock the pd.read_csv method with monkey patch and I uses asserListEqual that extends from unittest.TestCase

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