Nose doesn't find Django tests

Question

I am trying to use Django-nose in my current project, but I can't figure out how to get nose to run my tests. So I started a simple Django 1.4.1 project to get to know nose. But not even on this simple test project I could get it running.

Before I go on: I know there are a ton of similar questions on Stackoverflow, like for instance this one:

How do I tell Django-nose where my tests are?

But after Googling around, reading blog posts and StackOverflow answers I still couldn't get it running.

How I set up my test project

1. Create virtual environment.
2. pip install django django-nose nose.
3. Create project with django-admin.py startproject djangonosetest.
4. Create an app manage.py startapp testapp

5. Edit settings.py:

   • Set ENGINE to django.db.backends.sqlite3
   • Added django_nose, testapp to INSTALLED_APPS
   • Added TEST_RUNNER = 'django_nose.NoseTestSuiteRunner'.

6. Run manage.py test

But all I got was this output:

nosetests --verbosity 1
Creating test database for alias 'default'...

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 0 tests in 0.000s

OK
Destroying test database for alias 'default'...

But at least the default test case should have been run.

When I run python manage.py test djangonosetest.testapp.tests:SimpleTest it'll run the test. But that seems a bit overkill if I had to do it for every test file I have. But it proves that the tests can be run.

When I ran manage.py test -v 3 (high verbosity level) this showed up:

nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/settings.py is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/settings.pyc is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/urls.py is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/wsgi.py is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/testapp/models.py is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/testapp/models.pyc is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/testapp/views.py is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/testapp/tests.py is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/djangonosetest/testapp/tests.pyc is executable; skipped
nose.selector: INFO: /Users/Jens/Projects/Django/djangonosetest/manage.py is executable; skipped

The nose does definitely find my tests.py but is skipping it for some reason.

Folder structure

djangonosetest/
    djangonosetest/
        __init__.py
        settings.py
        testapp/
            __init__.py
            models.py
            tests.py
            views.py
        urls.py
        wsgi.py
    manage.py

settings.py

DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG

ADMINS = (
    # ('Your Name', '[e-mail]'),
)

MANAGERS = ADMINS

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
        'NAME': '',                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
        'USER': '',                      # Not used with sqlite3.
        'PASSWORD': '',                  # Not used with sqlite3.
        'HOST': '',                      # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
        'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
    }
}

# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
# In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'

# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

SITE_ID = 1

# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True

# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
# calendars according to the current locale.
USE_L10N = True

# If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
USE_TZ = True

# Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/"
MEDIA_ROOT = ''

# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/", "http://example.com/media/"
MEDIA_URL = ''

# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected too.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = ''

# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)

# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
#    'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)

# Make this unique and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = 'ikh^t)49eincyww4@nq(o)go_129zdr87*im00m^+h@_n!w4ec'

# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
#     'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
    # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
    # 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'djangonosetest.urls'

# Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'djangonosetest.wsgi.application'

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
    # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
    # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
    # 'django.contrib.admin',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
    # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
    'django_nose',
    'djangonosetest.testapp',
)

# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'filters': {
        'require_debug_false': {
            '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
        }
    },
    'handlers': {
        'mail_admins': {
            'level': 'ERROR',
            'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
            'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
        }
    },
    'loggers': {
        'django.request': {
            'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
            'level': 'ERROR',
            'propagate': True,
        },
    }
}

TEST_RUNNER = 'django_nose.NoseTestSuiteRunner'

The test code

The test code is the default TestCase Django creates.

"""
This file demonstrates writing tests using the unit test module. These will pass
when you run "manage.py test".

Replace this with more appropriate tests for your application.
"""

from Django.test import TestCase


class SimpleTest(TestCase):
    def test_basic_addition(self):
        """
        Tests that 1 + 1 always equals 2.
        """
        self.assertEqual(1 + 1, 2)

So how do I tell Django-nose/nose where my tests are?

UPDATE

If found an interesting Google Groups post and Stackoverflow answer on the subject:

• Google Groups Post
• Stackoverflow answer

Both boil down to the fact that nose will skip executable files. That's why I get tests.py is executable; skipped. Problem is that the file is not executable:

----------+ 1 Jens  staff  383 13 Okt 00:01 tests.py

I also tried it with u-x, g-x and o-x but nose skipped anyway. I get the feeling that this is a bug. The file is found in the nose, is not executable but still skipped.

A workaround is to use the --exe switch. Running manage.py test --exe runs the test. While it's better than the other workarounds I am not completely happy with that solution.

Answer 1

I had the same issue today and I fixed it.

Try:

chmod a-x djangonosetest/djangonosetest/testapp/*.py

Answer 2

I think it might be that in Django 1.4 you need to specify the project in installed apps if you don't specify a project root. Instead of just 'testapp', try 'djangonosetest.testapp'

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#std:setting-INSTALLED_APPS see their example.