A cut and paste (aka boilerplate) unit test

boilerplateTester.py

import unittest
# import fuctions for testing
#import testFunction from testFile # replace with the name of your file and fuctions
#to test simply run 'python boilerplatetester.py'

class boilerplateTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_boilplate_good(self):
        """Does the test case return true when expected"""
        expectedResult = True #expected result for good data
        testCase = 'testcase' # good input that should yield expectedResult
        self.assertTrue(testFunction(testCase) == expectedResult)
    
    def test_boilplate_bad(self):
        """Does the test case return not true when fed bad data"""
        expectedResult = True #expected result for good data
        testCase = 'testcasefail' #bad data that should not produce a pass
        self.assertTrue(testFunction(testCase) != expectedResult) # make sure bad data does not return true

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()