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Welcome to pytest-django!

pytest-django allows you to test your Django project/applications with the pytest testing tool <https://pytest.org/>_.

• Quick start / tutorial <https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial.html>_

• Changelog <https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html>_

• Full documentation: https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

• Contribution docs <https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html>_

• Version compatibility:

  • Django: 5.2, 6.1 and latest main branch (compatible at the time of each release)
  • Python: CPython>=3.10 or PyPy 3
  • pytest: >=7.0

  For compatibility with older versions, use previous pytest-django releases.

• Licence: BSD

• All contributors <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/contributors>_

• GitHub repository: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django

• Issue tracker <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/issues>_

• Python Package Index (PyPI) <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-django/>_

Install pytest-django

::

pip install pytest-django

Why would I use this instead of Django's manage.py test command?

Running your test suite with pytest-django allows you to tap into the features that are already present in pytest. Here are some advantages:

• Manage test dependencies with pytest fixtures. <https://pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/fixtures.html>_
• Less boilerplate tests: no need to import unittest, create a subclass with methods. Write tests as regular functions.
• Database re-use: no need to re-create the test database for every test run.
• Run tests in multiple processes for increased speed (with the pytest-xdist plugin).
• Make use of other pytest plugins <https://pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/plugins.html>_.
• Works with both worlds: Existing unittest-style TestCase's still work without any modifications.

See the pytest documentation <https://pytest.org/en/latest/>_ for more information on pytest itself.