An extension of pytest test runner which provides a set of useful tools to simplify testing and development of the Flask extensions and applications.

To view a more detailed list of extension features and examples go to the PyPI overview page or package documentation.

Considering the minimal flask application factory below in myapp.py as an example:

from flask import Flask def create_app(): # create a minimal app app = Flask(__name__) # simple hello world view @app.route('/hello') def hello(): return 'Hello, World!' return app

You first need to define your application fixture in conftest.py:

from myapp import create_app @pytest.fixture def app(): app = create_app() return app

Finally, install the extension with dependencies and run your test suite:

$ pip install pytest-flask $ pytest 

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