Pycharm won't allow to run a file. Shows run unittest option only.

Question

I have a file and it has bunch of methods starting with prefix \"test\". Now I want to run this file and it has a __name__ == \"__main__\" construct which sets

Answer 1

One detail missing from @yole’s answer is that you need to delete any existing configurations associated with the file before you can right-click and get it to run/debug. So, the full procedure is:

1. Delete any existing configurations for that file by going to ‘Run -> Edit Configurations’ in the menu.
2. Right click inside the if __name__ == '__main__': block
3. Choose Run
4. Save the configuration

After that, you should be able to run or debug the file as expected.

Answer 2

Using PyCharm Community Edition 2017.2 EAP. Here is how I did it:

1. From the Run menu select Run.... (Or use its keyboard shortcut)
2. A popup menu appears that should contain at least three entries: edit configuration..., my_script_name, and Unittests in my_script_name.py. Click on the right arrow of my_script_name.
3. If the configuration is not saved, you should be able to see a save configuration option in the arrow menu. Choose it.

If the configuration changed again, follow the same steps but this time choose run in the last step.

Answer 3

I couldn't get @yole's answer to work but i did manage by going to run > edit configurations > new configuration (the plus sign) > select python, now input a name (mine was 'stop the bloody unittest') and select the correct script

Answer 4

If you right-click inside the 'if name == "main"' block, it will show you the regular "Run script" option instead of "Run unit test". After that, you can save the created run configuration and use it to run the script.

Answer 5

As to me, "If you right-click inside the 'if name == "main"' block" will not work.

For example if you want to run "dlib_fun_test.py", you should ‘Edit Configurations’ , remove it from "python tests", and then add it to the above "Python".

The below is my configure:

Or you can also run the script, in bash console by python just_test.py.

Answer 6

I had the same problem, deleted my .idea folder in the directory of the project I was working on and was able to run my tests normally again:

PyCharm 2018.2.4 (Community Edition)
Build #PC-182.4505.26, built on September 19, 2018
JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1248-b8 amd64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
Windows 10 10.0

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