A pytest plugin to easily enable debugging tests within Visual Studio Code.

WARNING: this is obsolete. VSCode supports debugging tests via configuration, e.g.:

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Python: Debug Tests",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "${file}",
            "purpose": [
                "debug-test"
            ],
            "console": "integratedTerminal",
            "justMyCode": false
        }
    ]
}

Such configuration will be used when debugging from the "Testing" panel of VSCode.

Enables debugging a test session within Visual Studio Code, via attaching the debugger.

You can install "pytest-vscodedebug" via pip from PyPI:

$ pip install pytest-vscodedebug

You will need to configure the debugging in Visual Studio Code, via editing .vscode/launch.json:

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Python: Remote Attach",
      "type": "python",
      "request": "attach",
      "connect": {
        "host": "localhost",
        "port": 10001,
      },
      "pathMappings": [
        {
          "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
          "remoteRoot": "."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

You can enable pytest-vscodedebug when running tests with the --vscodedebug flag:

$ py.test --vscodedebug test_testfile.py

By default, it will listen on port 10001, but you can change it via the --vscodedebug-port option:

$ py.test --vscodedebug --vscodedebug-port=5001 test_testfile.py

Distributed under the terms of the MIT license, "pytest-vscodedebug" is free and open source software.

This code is largely based on adriencaccia's tutorial "Flask Debugging in VS Code with Hot-Reload 🔥".

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.