igortg / pytest-sqlalchemy

SQLAlchemy helpers for pytest

pytest-sqlalchemy

SQLAlchemy related fixtures to handle connections and transactions with SQLAlchemy in tests.

Fixtures

This plugin provides the following fixtures:

1. engine The engine used to connect to the database. Scope is "module".
2. connection An open connection to the database. Scope is "module".
3. transaction A started transaction on the connection. Transaction will be rolled back. No Scope.
4. dbsession A sqlalchemy session not bound to any model. No scope.

Invoke

You need to provide the connection URL for the engine when invoking the pytest command::

py-test --sqlalchemy-connect-url="postgresql://scott:tiger@localhost:5432/mydatabase"