example_test.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# See description here https://medium.com/@george.shuklin/skeleton-for-pytest-test-8caa0828f53d#.7i9r1q15s
# CC-BY-SA
import os
import inspect
import sys
import pytest

# trick to use tests directory and be able to import from '..'
ourfilename = os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe()))
currentdir = os.path.dirname(ourfilename)
parentdir = os.path.dirname(currentdir)
sys.path.insert(0, parentdir)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    file_to_test = os.path.join(
        parentdir,
        os.path.basename(parentdir),
        os.path.basename(ourfilename).replace("test_", '')
    )

    pytest.main([
     "-vv",
     "--cov", file_to_test,
     "--cov-report", "term-missing"
     ] + sys.argv)


@pytest.fixture
def module():
    from myapp import module
    return module

def test_myfunc_simple(module):
    assert module.myfunc() == True