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Welcome to pytest-django!

pytest-django allows you to test your Django project/applications with the

pytest testing tool 

• Quick start / tutorial
  

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• Changelog 

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• Full documentation: https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Contribution docs
  

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• Version compatibility:

  • Django: 2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and latest main branch (compatible at the time of each release)
  • Python: CPython>=3.5 or PyPy 3
  • pytest: >=5.4

For compatibility with older versions, use the pytest-django 3.. series.

• Licence: BSD
• Project maintainers: Andreas Pelme, Floris Bruynooghe and Daniel Hahler

• All contributors 

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• GitHub repository: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django

• Issue tracker 

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• Python Package Index (PyPI) 

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Install pytest-django

::

pip install pytest-django

Why would I use this instead of Django's

manage.py test

command?

Running your test suite with pytest-django allows you to tap into the features that are already present in pytest. Here are some advantages:

• Manage test dependencies with pytest fixtures. 

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• Less boilerplate tests: no need to import unittest, create a subclass with methods. Write tests as regular functions.
• Database re-use: no need to re-create the test database for every test run.
• Run tests in multiple processes for increased speed (with the pytest-xdist plugin).
• Make use of other

  pytest plugins 

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• Works with both worlds: Existing unittest-style TestCase's still work without any modifications.

See the

pytest documentation