[web2py] launch web2py from python interpreter

[Richard]

Hello,

Is there a way to launch web2py from within python interpreter?

Like pytest : https://pytest.org/latest/usage.html#calling-pytest-from-python-code

Thanks

Richard

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Not sure what you mean. web2py is a collection of pyhton modules. You can import them and use them as any pyhton module. 

>>> import sys

>>> sys.append('/path/to/web2py')

>>> from gluon.html import DIV, SPAN

>>> print DIV('hello',SPAN('world'))

for your convenience we provide a custom shell (like ipython does) which works as if you were inside an app:

python web2py.py -S appname -M

>>> print db.tables

[Richard Vézina]

I would like to start web2py rocket instance like what we can do with command line python web2py.py -S appname -M, but from python interpreter.

So, I can start web2py instance when I launch my test run from my test runner script... So I don't have to make sure there is a web2py instance running and I can launch test run in the background...

Richard

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[Anthony]

You probably don't want to run tests by making HTTP calls to web2py running behind a web server (unless doing functional testing, in which case, just start up the built-in server from the command line and then run your tests -- which you can automate with a shell script). Instead, you can run tests in the context of a web2py environment (much like the environment that is constructed in the web2py shell). For an example specifically using py.test, check out https://github.com/viniciusban/web2py.test, in particular, https://github.com/viniciusban/web2py.test/blob/master/tests/conftest.py#L85.

Anthony

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[Richard Vézina]

I guess I will fallback with that solution... It is more fonctional testing... I actually remix Vinicius web2py.test example...

Thanks

Richard

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