# API

`ddt.``add_test`(cls, test_name, func, *args, **kwargs)

  Add a test case to this class.

  The test will be based on an existing function but will give it a new name.

`ddt.``data`(*values)

  Method decorator to add to your test methods.

  Should be added to methods of instances of `unittest.TestCase`.

`ddt.``ddt`(cls)

  Class decorator for subclasses of `unittest.TestCase`.

  Apply this decorator to the test case class, and then decorate test methods with `@data`.

  For each method decorated with `@data`, this will effectively create as many methods as data items are passed as parameters to `@data`.

  The names of the test methods follow the pattern `original_test_name_{ordinal}_{data}`. `ordinal` is the position of the data argument, starting with 1.

  For data we use a string representation of the data value converted into a valid python identifier. If `data.__name__` exists, we use that instead.

  For each method decorated with `@file_data('test_data.json')`, the decorator will try to load the test_data.json file located relative to the python file containing the method that is decorated. It will, for each `test_name` key create as many methods in the list of values from the `data` key.

`ddt.``feed_data`(func, new_name, *args, **kwargs)

  This internal method decorator feeds the test data item to the test.

`ddt.``file_data`(value)

  Method decorator to add to your test methods.

  Should be added to methods of instances of `unittest.TestCase`.

  `value` should be a path relative to the directory of the file containing the decorated `unittest.TestCase`. The file should contain JSON encoded data, that can either be a list or a dict.

  In case of a list, each value in the list will correspond to one test case, and the value will be concatenated to the test method name.

  In case of a dict, keys will be used as suffixes to the name of the test case, and values will be fed as test data.

`ddt.``mk_test_name`(name, value, index=0)

  Generate a new name for a test case.

  It will take the original test name and append an ordinal index and a string representation of the value, and convert the result into a valid python identifier by replacing extraneous characters with `_`.

  We avoid doing str(value) if dealing with non-trivial values. The problem is possible different names with different runs, e.g. different order of dictionary keys (see PYTHONHASHSEED) or dealing with mock objects. Trivial scalar values are passed as is.

  A “trivial” value is a plain scalar, or a tuple or list consisting only of trivial values.

`ddt.``process_file_data`(cls, name, func, file_attr)

  Process the parameter in the file_data decorator.

`ddt.``unpack`(func)

  Method decorator to add unpack feature.