Running the tests

To run the tests outside of Maya in a standard Python Interpreter, invoke pytest the standard way in the project folder:

import os	 
import pytest
 
def has_maya():
    # type: () -> bool
    try:
        import maya.cmds as cmds
        return True
    except ImportError:
        pass
    return False
 
maya_only = pytest.mark.skipif(not has_maya(), reason="requires Maya")
skip_if_maya = pytest.mark.skipif(has_maya(), reason="can not run in Maya")

We detect if we are running in Maya by checking if we can import maya.cmds. Tests that require Maya are marked with @maya_only and skipped by pytest if Maya is not available.

For a detailed explanation on executing tests in DCCs, see section Execute Tests in DCCs.

To run the tests in Maya, execute the wrapper script run_tests.py in mayapy. The Batch file wrapper run_tests_maya.bat takes care of adding the dependencies to the PYTHONPATH and calling mayapy with the wrapper script.