Running server tests
The two previous recipes showed how to write tests. Let's see how to run them! This recipe works for both YAML and Python unit tests.
Getting ready
We will be reusing the tests for the my_module module from one of the previous recipes. You will need an instance with the addon installed. In this recipe, we assume that the instance configuration file is in project.cfg.
How to do it…
To run the tests for my module addon, run the following command:
$ odoo/odoo.py -c project.cfg --test-enable --log-level=error --stop-after-init -u my_module
How it works…
The key part in this recipe is the --test-enable command-line flag that tells Odoo to run the tests. The --stop-after-init flag will stop the instance after the tests have run and -u will update the specified module. When an update (or install) is performed in test mode, all the affected addon modules' tests are run (this includes dependencies automatically installed or reverse dependencies automatically updated; see the recipe...
