python unit test run before and after a test code example

Example 1: format for unit test python

import unittest

class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_upper(self):
        self.assertEqual('foo'.upper(), 'FOO')

    def test_isupper(self):
        self.assertTrue('FOO'.isupper())
        self.assertFalse('Foo'.isupper())

    def test_split(self):
        s = 'hello world'
        self.assertEqual(s.split(), ['hello', 'world'])
        # check that s.split fails when the separator is not a string
        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
            s.split(2)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

Example 2: python unittest setUpClass

class MyUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        do_something_expensive_for_all_sets_of_tests()

class MyFirstSetOfTests(MyUnitTest):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        super(MyFirstSetOfTests, cls).setUpClass()
        do_something_expensive_for_just_these_first_tests()