import sys from subprocess import Popen, PIPE def get_output_error_code(cmd): """Get stdout, stderr, and exit code from running a command""" p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE) out, err = p.communicate() out = out.decode('utf8', 'replace') err = err.decode('utf8', 'replace') return out, err, p.returncode def check_help_output(pkg, subcommand=None): """test that `python -m PKG [subcommand] -h` works""" cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', pkg] if subcommand: cmd.extend(subcommand) cmd.append('-h') out, err, rc = get_output_error_code(cmd) assert rc == 0, err assert "Traceback" not in err assert "Options" in out assert "--help-all" in out return out, err def check_help_all_output(pkg, subcommand=None): """test that `python -m PKG --help-all` works""" cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', pkg] if subcommand: cmd.extend(subcommand) cmd.append('--help-all') out, err, rc = get_output_error_code(cmd) assert rc == 0, err assert "Traceback" not in err assert "Options" in out assert "Class parameters" in out return out, err