pytest generate coverage report locally code example

Example 1: pytest create server

def server(host, port):
    # definition of your server

@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
def start_server():
    p = multiprocessing.Process(target=server, args=(host, port))
    p.start()
    yield
    p.terminate()

Example 2: pytest tests in subfolder

# Create a file containing

import os, pathlib
import pytest

os.chdir( pathlib.Path.cwd() / 'Tests' )

pytest.main()

# And use the command `python tests.py` to run it.