id,page,ref,title,content,breadcrumbs,references testing_plugins:testing-plugins-datasette-test-instance,testing_plugins,testing-plugins-datasette-test-instance,Setting up a Datasette test instance,"The above example shows the easiest way to start writing tests against a Datasette instance: from datasette.app import Datasette import pytest @pytest.mark.asyncio async def test_plugin_is_installed(): datasette = Datasette(memory=True) response = await datasette.client.get(""/-/plugins.json"") assert response.status_code == 200 Creating a Datasette() instance like this as useful shortcut in tests, but there is one detail you need to be aware of. It's important to ensure that the async method .invoke_startup() is called on that instance. You can do that like this: datasette = Datasette(memory=True) await datasette.invoke_startup() This method registers any startup(datasette) or prepare_jinja2_environment(env, datasette) plugins that might themselves need to make async calls. If you are using await datasette.client.get() and similar methods then you don't need to worry about this - Datasette automatically calls invoke_startup() the first time it handles a request.","[""Testing plugins""]",[] testing_plugins:testing-plugins-pdb,testing_plugins,testing-plugins-pdb,Using pdb for errors thrown inside Datasette,"If an exception occurs within Datasette itself during a test, the response returned to your plugin will have a response.status_code value of 500. You can add pdb=True to the Datasette constructor to drop into a Python debugger session inside your test run instead of getting back a 500 response code. This is equivalent to running the datasette command-line tool with the --pdb option. Here's what that looks like in a test function: def test_that_opens_the_debugger_or_errors(): ds = Datasette([db_path], pdb=True) response = await ds.client.get(""/"") If you use this pattern you will need to run pytest with the -s option to avoid capturing stdin/stdout in order to interact with the debugger prompt.","[""Testing plugins""]",[] testing_plugins:testing-plugins-register-in-test,testing_plugins,testing-plugins-register-in-test,Registering a plugin for the duration of a test,"When writing tests for plugins you may find it useful to register a test plugin just for the duration of a single test. You can do this using pm.register() and pm.unregister() like this: from datasette import hookimpl from datasette.app import Datasette from datasette.plugins import pm import pytest @pytest.mark.asyncio async def test_using_test_plugin(): class TestPlugin: __name__ = ""TestPlugin"" # Use hookimpl and method names to register hooks @hookimpl def register_routes(self): return [ (r""^/error$"", lambda: 1 / 0), ] pm.register(TestPlugin(), name=""undo"") try: # The test implementation goes here datasette = Datasette() response = await datasette.client.get(""/error"") assert response.status_code == 500 finally: pm.unregister(name=""undo"")","[""Testing plugins""]",[]