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pytest-play plugin with python expressions and assertions

Project description

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play python
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pytest-play plugin with restricted Python expressions and assertions and it is
based on the ``RestrictedPython`` package.

``RestrictedPython`` is a tool that helps to define a subset of the Python
language which allows to provide a program input into a trusted environment.
RestrictedPython is not a sandbox system or a secured environment, but it helps
to define a trusted environment and execute untrusted code inside of it.

See:

* https://github.com/zopefoundation/RestrictedPython

More info and examples on:

* pytest-play_, documentation
* cookiecutter-qa_, see ``pytest-play`` in action with a working example if you want to start hacking


Features
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This project defines the following pytest-play_ commands based on Python
expressions.


Store variables
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You can store a pytest-play_ variables::

{
'provider': 'python',
'type': 'store_variable',
'expression': '1+1',
'name': 'foo'
}

Make a Python assertion
-----------------------

You can make an assertion based on a Python expression::

{
'provider': 'python',
'type': 'assert',
'expression': 'variables["foo"] == 2'
}

Sleep
-----

Sleep for a given amount of seconds::

{
'provider': 'python',
'type': 'sleep',
'seconds': 2
}

Exec a Python expresssion
-------------------------

You can execute a Python expression::

{
'provider': 'python',
'type': 'exec',
'expression': 'variables.update({'play_requests': {'parameters': {'headers': {'Authorization': 'Extra close brace or missing open braceid`` value comes
from a previously executed command that causes an asynchrounous update on a relational
database soon or later (eg: a play_requests_ command making a ``HTTP POST`` call
or a ``MQTT`` message coming from a simulated IoT device with play_mqtt_).

The wait command will try (and retry) to execute the subcommand with a poll frequency
``poll`` (default: 0.1 seconds) until the provided ``timeout`` expressed
in seconds expires or an exception occurs.

You can use the opposite command named ``wait_until`` that waits until the wait
expression is not False.

Loop commands
-------------

You can repeat a group of subcommands using a variable as a counter. Assuming you
have defined a ``countdown`` variable with 10 value, the wait until command will
repeat the group of commands for 10 times::

play_json.execute_command({
'provider': 'python',
'type': 'wait_until',
'expression': 'variables["countdown"] == 0',
'timeout': 0,
'poll': 0,
'sub_commands': [{
'provider': 'python',
'type': 'store_variable',
'name': 'countdown',
'expression': 'variables["countdown"] - 1'
}]
})

Twitter
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``pytest-play`` tweets happens here:

* `@davidemoro`_

Credits
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This package was created with Cookiecutter_ and the cookiecutter-play-plugin_ (based on `audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage`_ project template).

.. _Cookiecutter: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
.. _`audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage`: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage
.. _`cookiecutter-play-plugin`: https://github.com/tierratelematics/cookiecutter-play-plugin
.. _pytest-play: https://github.com/tierratelematics/pytest-play
.. _cookiecutter-qa: https://github.com/tierratelematics/cookiecutter-qa
.. _`@davidemoro`: https://twitter.com/davidemoro
.. _play_requests: https://github.com/tierratelematics/play_requests
.. _play_mqtt: https://github.com/tierratelematics/play_mqtt


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CHANGES
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0.1.1 (2018-01-17)
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- add ``filter`` and ``map``


0.1.0 (2018-01-16)
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- add ``wait_until`` and ``wait_until_not`` commands

- add ``datetime`` based expressions

- add json ``dumps`` and ``loads`` based expressions


0.0.1 (2018-01-10)
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* First release


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