flask-testing: LiveServerTestCase example

live_flask_testing_exmaple.py

import urllib2
from datalibs import app
import unittest
from flask import Flask
from flask.ext.testing import LiveServerTestCase

class MyTest(LiveServerTestCase):

    def create_app(self):
        app.config['TESTING'] = True
        # Default port is 5000
        app.config['LIVESERVER_PORT'] = 8943
        return app

    def test_server_is_up_and_running(self):
        response = urllib2.urlopen(self.get_server_url()+"/login")
        self.assertEqual(response.code, 200)

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