Using python "unittest" with CTest CDash for testing web application written in "Flask". Some tests internally use browser automation using "selenium". Where the first line in the CTestTestfile uses another python function "list_tests.py" to discover all the unit tests starting current directory using unittest discover capability.

CTestTestfile.cmake

# Extract the test by running python code 

execute_process(COMMAND "python" "list_tests.py" OUTPUT_VARIABLE STR_TESTS
                  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
                  ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)

separate_arguments(TEST_LIST UNIX_COMMAND ${STR_TESTS})

foreach(ATEST ${TEST_LIST})
    #message(" +")
    #message(${ATEST})

    add_test(${ATEST} "python" "-m" "unittest" "-v" ${ATEST})

endforeach(ATEST)

list_tests.py

import unittest
DEBUG = False

def list_tests_from(path):
    loader = unittest.TestLoader()
    suite = loader.discover(path)
    for atest in suite:
        tests = atest._tests
        if len(tests):
            for atest in tests:
                if DEBUG:
                    print atest
                for btest in atest._tests:
                    btestname = btest.__str__().split()
                    print path + "." + btestname[1][1:-1] + "." + btestname[0]

if __name__ == "__main__": 
  # Include the directories
  list_tests_from("unit")
  list_tests_from("regression")