How to get currently running testcase name from testsuite in unittest

Question

How can I get currently running testcase name, while in the testsuite collection there are 16 testcases. Tests are executed sequentially (in the order of adding test to the testSuite collection). When I add all tests to testSuite collection I can preview this object but how can I get currently executing test while tests are running. Maybe some variable holds this information?

example:

def suite():
    testSuite= unittest.TestSuite()
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel__reservation_one_way_wizzair_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_wizzair_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_round_wizzair_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_tair_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_round_tair_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_wizzair_credit_card'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_tair_credit_card'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_round_wizzair_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_wizzair_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_easyjet_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_ryanair_transfer'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_round_ryanair_credit_card'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_tair_duplicated'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_reservation_wrong_card_lowcost'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_tair_credit_card'))
    testSuite.addTest(FlightsTestCases('test_sel_reservation_one_way_tair_wrong_credit_card'))

    return testSuite

if __name__ == "__main__":
    result = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite())
    sys.exit(not result.wasSuccessful())

Tests are executed using Selenium-RC framework.

Quoits

What is the context in which you want to query for the running test name? – Nonie

Answer 1

unittest.TestCase.shortDescription()

Returns a description of the test, or None if no description has been provided. The default implementation of this method returns the first line of the test method’s docstring, if available, or None.

unittest.TestCase.id()

Return a string identifying the specific test case. This is usually the full name of the test method, including the module and class name.

Hopefully one of those is useful for your needs.

Antilogy

Answer 2

unittest.TestCase._testMethodName

Example code:

import unittest


class BasicTests(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_print(self):
        print(self._testMethodName)

Eyeful

If you are in the test you know the name of the current function. It is when you are NOT in the function that is harder to deal with. You could use inspect.stack()[0][3]. This would work for the current function but the position in the stack can be dynamic and the function that you want may be above the current call by some dynamic count. For unittest the test_xxx() could be 1 to 10 levels higher. – Caboose

This is works inside setUp and tearDown... which is what I was looking for. – Bandaid

It is not generally recommended to access private property directly. Use it via unittest.TestCase.id(). For example: self.id().split('.')[-1] – Kinna

_testMethodName is undocumented. I don't think it's a good idea to use it. – Scotticism