pytest-sugar is a plugin for pytest that shows failures and errors instantly and shows a progress bar.

Requirements

You will need the following prerequisites in order to use pytest-sugar:

Python 2.7, 3.4 or newer

pytest 2.9.0 or newer

pytest-xdist 1.14 or above if you want the progress bar to work while running tests in parallel

Installation

To install pytest-sugar:

pip install pytest-sugar

Then run your tests with:

$ pytest

If you would like more detailed output (one test per line), then you may use the verbose option:

$ pytest --verbose

If you would like to run tests without pytest-sugar, use:

$ pytest -p no:sugar

Running on Windows

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