Getting nose to ignore a function with 'test' in the name

Question

The nose discovery process finds all modules whose name starts with test, and within them all functions which have test in the name an

Answer 1

Nose has a nottest decorator. However, if you don't want to apply the @nottest decorator in the module you are importing from you can also simply modify the method after the import. It may be cleaner to keep unit test logic close to the unit test itself.

from foo.accounts import make_test_account
# prevent nose test from running this imported method
make_test_account.__test__ = False

You can still use nottest but it has the same effect:

from nose.tools import nottest
from foo.accounts import make_test_account
# prevent nose test from running this imported method
make_test_account = nottest(make_test_account)

Answer 2

Tell nose that the function is not a test - use the nottest decorator.

# module foo.accounts

from nose.tools import nottest

@nottest
def make_test_account():
    ...