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Set up pytest in VS code

Getting started :

Before we set up Pytest in VS Code, you need to install the below prerequisites in your operating system,

* VS Code

* Python

To set up Pytest in VS Code, follow the steps described below,

Pip3 install pytest

Pip3 show pytest to check the version

Open your VS Code and search for Python on the extensions. You’ll find the Python extension at the top of the search result. Select and click install.

This allows to work with python interact within VSCode and utilize Github copilot as an agent.

Now the Python extension installation will automatically install Pytest on your environment. All you need to do is just configure Pytest. Follow the below steps to configure Pytest.

Click the flask icon on the left tool bar. You can find this once you open a repository that contains Python unit tests.

Now click on “Configure Python Tests”, select pytest and the test code library

After configuring Pytest, VS Code will automatically discover your Unit Tests. You can customise which folder to look for tests in the settings under "python.testing.cwd" parameter in the .vscode/settings.json file.

* To download and install requests, run this command from the terminal : pip install requests

Pytest works best in virtual environments when using in VSCode. A virtual environment  is a built-in way to create an environment. A virtual environment creates a folder that contains a copy (or symlink) to a specific interpreter. When you install packages into a virtual environment it will end up in this new folder, and thus isolated from other packages used by other workspaces.

Working in virtual environments-

Pyenv is a library to work with different python environments-

brew install pyenv

pyenv install 3.13

Set up requirements.txt for required packages

pydantic- For contract tests

requests - To get data from APIs

pytest-

jsonschema

pytest-html

pytest-cov

pre-commit

*  pip install -r requirements.txt