5.1. Help about Behave

For python, we use the tool behave.

To install it, we run:

pip install behave

Let’s see the options of the command:

behave --help

As you can see, the command is very exhaustive. Here is the help of this command.

usage: behave [options] [ [DIR|FILE|FILE:LINE] ]+

Run a number of feature tests with behave.

positional arguments:
  paths                 Feature directory, file or file location (FILE:LINE).

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c, --no-color        Disable the use of ANSI color escapes.
  --color               Use ANSI color escapes. This is the default behaviour.
                        This switch is used to override a configuration file
                        setting.
  -d, --dry-run         Invokes formatters without executing the steps.
  -D NAME=VALUE, --define NAME=VALUE
                        Define user-specific data for the config.userdata
                        dictionary. Example: -D foo=bar to store it in
                        config.userdata["foo"].
  -e PATTERN, --exclude PATTERN
                        Don't run feature files matching regular expression
                        PATTERN.
  -i PATTERN, --include PATTERN
                        Only run feature files matching regular expression
                        PATTERN.
  --no-junit            Don't output JUnit-compatible reports.
  --junit               Output JUnit-compatible reports. When junit is
                        enabled, all stdout and stderr will be redirected and
                        dumped to the junit report, regardless of the "--
                        capture" and "--no-capture" options.
  --junit-directory PATH
                        Directory in which to store JUnit reports.
  -f FORMAT, --format FORMAT
                        Specify a formatter. If none is specified the default
                        formatter is used. Pass "--format help" to get a list
                        of available formatters.
  --steps-catalog       Show a catalog of all available step definitions. SAME
                        AS: --format=steps.catalog --dry-run --no-summary -q
  -k, --no-skipped      Don't print skipped steps (due to tags).
  --show-skipped        Print skipped steps. This is the default behaviour.
                        This switch is used to override a configuration file
                        setting.
  --no-snippets         Don't print snippets for unimplemented steps.
  --snippets            Print snippets for unimplemented steps. This is the
                        default behaviour. This switch is used to override a
                        configuration file setting.
  -m, --no-multiline    Don't print multiline strings and tables under steps.
  --multiline           Print multiline strings and tables under steps. This
                        is the default behaviour. This switch is used to
                        override a configuration file setting.
  -n NAME, --name NAME  Only execute the feature elements which match part of
                        the given name. If this option is given more than
                        once, it will match against all the given names.
  --no-capture          Don't capture stdout (any stdout output will be
                        printed immediately.)
  --capture             Capture stdout (any stdout output will be printed if
                        there is a failure.) This is the default behaviour.
                        This switch is used to override a configuration file
                        setting.
  --no-capture-stderr   Don't capture stderr (any stderr output will be
                        printed immediately.)
  --capture-stderr      Capture stderr (any stderr output will be printed if
                        there is a failure.) This is the default behaviour.
                        This switch is used to override a configuration file
                        setting.
  --no-logcapture       Don't capture logging. Logging configuration will be
                        left intact.
  --logcapture          Capture logging. All logging during a step will be
                        captured and displayed in the event of a failure. This
                        is the default behaviour. This switch is used to
                        override a configuration file setting.
  --logging-level LOGGING_LEVEL
                        Specify a level to capture logging at. The default is
                        INFO - capturing everything.
  --logging-format LOGGING_FORMAT
                        Specify custom format to print statements. Uses the
                        same format as used by standard logging handlers. The
                        default is "%(levelname)s:%(name)s:%(message)s".
  --logging-datefmt LOGGING_DATEFMT
                        Specify custom date/time format to print statements.
                        Uses the same format as used by standard logging
                        handlers.
  --logging-filter LOGGING_FILTER
                        Specify which statements to filter in/out. By default,
                        everything is captured. If the output is too verbose,
                        use this option to filter out needless output.
                        Example: --logging-filter=foo will capture statements
                        issued ONLY to foo or foo.what.ever.sub but not foobar
                        or other logger. Specify multiple loggers with comma:
                        filter=foo,bar,baz. If any logger name is prefixed
                        with a minus, eg filter=-foo, it will be excluded
                        rather than included.
  --logging-clear-handlers
                        Clear all other logging handlers.
  --no-summary          Don't display the summary at the end of the run.
  --summary             Display the summary at the end of the run.
  -o FILE, --outfile FILE
                        Write to specified file instead of stdout.
  -q, --quiet           Alias for --no-snippets --no-source.
  -s, --no-source       Don't print the file and line of the step definition
                        with the steps.
  --show-source         Print the file and line of the step definition with
                        the steps. This is the default behaviour. This switch
                        is used to override a configuration file setting.
  --stage STAGE         Defines the current test stage. The test stage name is
                        used as name prefix for the environment file and the
                        steps directory (instead of default path names).
  --stop                Stop running tests at the first failure.
  -t TAG_EXPRESSION, --tags TAG_EXPRESSION
                        Only execute features or scenarios with tags matching
                        TAG_EXPRESSION. Pass "--tags-help" for more
                        information.
  -T, --no-timings      Don't print the time taken for each step.
  --show-timings        Print the time taken, in seconds, of each step after
                        the step has completed. This is the default behaviour.
                        This switch is used to override a configuration file
                        setting.
  -v, --verbose         Show the files and features loaded.
  -w, --wip             Only run scenarios tagged with "wip". Additionally:
                        use the "plain" formatter, do not capture stdout or
                        logging output and stop at the first failure.
  -x, --expand          Expand scenario outline tables in output.
  --lang LANG           Use keywords for a language other than English.
  --lang-list           List the languages available for --lang.
  --lang-help LANG      List the translations accepted for one language.
  --tags-help           Show help for tag expressions.
  --version             Show version.

To learn more about behave, visit https://behave.readthedocs.io/en/latest/