🔒 Struggling to import functions to run unittests

[keen bane]

So here's my file structure
root

project
|-- src
    |-- example.py
|-- test
    |-- test_example.py

I know adding an __init__.py to each dir would help but I don't know what to put inside those

project
|-- src
    |-- __init__.py
    |-- example.py
|-- test
    |-- __init__.py
    |-- test_example.py

and for the sake of completeness, here are the contents of the files

example.py

def return_one():
    return 1

test_example.py

from src.example import return_one
import unittest


class TestExample(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_return_one(self):
        self.assertEqual(1, return_one())

I've also tried from from ..src.example import return_one

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@keen bane

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[chilly locust]

@keen bane I'm more familiar with pytest, but I believe the structure can also apply to unittest.

Here is the structure I follow for setting up the project to work with pytest/unittests: https://docs.pytest.org/en/7.1.x/explanation/goodpractices.html#tests-outside-application-code

Typically, you would not add the __init__.py to the test folder, unless you follow their second option for setting up a project structure.

Also, how are you running your unittests? What is the command you are using?

[keen bane]

I was using the vscode extension as well as just trying to discover tests using python -m unittest discover -s .\ -p test*

[chilly locust]

What error are you getting currently?

[keen bane]

mb, it started working. I tried switching to pytest for a minute then went back and it worked, I think it just wasn't quite updating. Also fixed the file path in an __init__.py in test/

Thank you!

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