Python: behave integration in setuptools' setup.py

bdd, python, python-behave, setuptools

Solution

Look at "setup.py" from behave. It contains the usage of the colocated "setuptools_behave.py" test runner (and installs it).

RECIPE FOR USAGE:

# -- file:setup.py
from setuptools_behave import behave_test
...

setup(
    ...
    tests_require=["behave>=1.2.4"],
    cmdclass = {
        "behave_test": behave_test,
    },
    ...    
)

To verify it, execute "python setup.py --help-commands". It should contain a command "behave_test". Otherwise, run "python setup.py behave_test --help".

Problem

I have written a small utility package for handling file permissions. The structure follows the Python package standards: ``` . |-- __init__.py # All the code is here, for now `-- tests |-- __init__.py |-- permission_mode.feature # Feature files for behave |-- steps | |-- __init__.py | `-- steps.py # Step files for behave `-- test_modtools.py # Nose tests ``` Both nose and behave run the tests from the command line without issues: Nose: ``` $ nosetests . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 1 test in 0.002s OK ``` Behave: ``` $ behave Feature: Lots of cheese # permission_mode.feature:1 Scenario: blah # permission_mode.feature:2 Given a # steps/steps.py:1 0.000s Then b # steps/steps.py:5 0.000s 1 feature passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped 1 scenario passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped 2 steps passed, 0 failed, 0 skipped, 0 undefined Took 0m0.000s ``` My `setup.py` file contains the following test spec: ``` test_suite='nose.collector', tests_require=['nose'] ``` And therefore `python setup.py test` runs nose tests with the same output as `nosetests`. How do I configure behave as the package's test tool, so that `python setup.py test` will run behave?

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