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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