How to set up and tear down a database between tests in fastapi?

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by denis , in category: Third Party Scripts , 2 months ago

How to set up and tear down a database between tests in fastapi?

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by jasen , 2 months ago

@denis 

In FastAPI, you can set up and tear down a database between tests using fixture functions.


Here is an example of how to set up and tear down a database between tests in FastAPI:

  1. Install the necessary packages: You will need to install the necessary packages for working with databases in FastAPI. One common package is SQLAlchemy.
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pip install sqlalchemy


  1. Set up a database connection: Create a function that sets up a connection to the database. You can use SQLAlchemy to create a connection to a database.
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from sqlalchemy import create_engine
from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker

SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL = "sqlite:///./test.db"

engine = create_engine(
    SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URL, connect_args={"check_same_thread": False}
)
SessionLocal = sessionmaker(autocommit=False, autoflush=False, bind=engine)

Base = declarative_base()


  1. Create fixture functions: Define fixture functions that will be used to set up and tear down the database between tests. You can use the fixture decorator from the pytest library to define these fixture functions.
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import pytest
from app.models import Base, engine, SessionLocal

@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
def create_test_database():
    Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
    yield
    Base.metadata.drop_all(bind=engine)

@pytest.fixture
def db_session(create_test_database):
    session = SessionLocal()
    yield session
    session.close()


  1. Use the fixture functions in your tests: You can now use the db_session fixture function in your test functions to set up a database session before each test and tear it down after each test.
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def test_create_user(db_session):
    # Test code that uses the database session
    ...

def test_update_user(db_session):
    # Test code that uses the database session
    ...


By following these steps, you can easily set up and tear down a database between tests in FastAPI using fixture functions.