Function app

examples/tutorial/tests/conftest.py:16–32

Create and configure a new app instance for each test.

()

@pytest.fixture
def app():
    """Create and configure a new app instance for each test."""
    # create a temporary file to isolate the database for each test
    db_fd, db_path = tempfile.mkstemp()
    # create the app with common test config
    app = create_app({"TESTING": True, "DATABASE": db_path})

    # create the database and load test data
    with app.app_context():
        init_db()
        get_db().executescript(_data_sql)

    yield app

    # close and remove the temporary database
    os.close(db_fd)
    os.unlink(db_path)


@pytest.fixture