Is possible run command on different terminal on Github action? - flask

Question

1.Currently, I'm building a flask project and I also wrote some unit testing code. Now I would like to run the Unit test on the GitHub action, but it stuck at the ./run stage(./run will turn on the http://127.0.0.1:5000/), and does not run the $pytest command. I know the reason why $pytest will not be executed because the Github Action is running the port http://127.0.0.1:5000/. In this case, it can not execute any commands after./run. I was wondering can I run $pytest on another terminal in GitHub action? Is this possible?
Here is the output of my github action:
Run cd Flask-backend
cd Flask-backend
./run
pytest
shell: /usr/bin/bash -e {0}
env:
pythonLocation: /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.8.10/x64
* Serving Flask app 'app.py' (lazy loading)
* Environment: development
* Debug mode: on
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
* Restarting with stat
* Debugger is active!
* Debugger PIN: 404-425-256
2.Here is my code for yml file:
name: UnitTesting
on:
push:
branches:
- main
pull_request:
branches:
- main
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v2
- name: Install Python 3
uses: actions/setup-python#v1
with:
python-version: 3.8
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirement.txt
- name: Run tests with pytest
run: |
cd Flask-backend
./run
pytest

Answer 1

You can use nohup command to run the flask server in the background instead of running on a different terminal.
nohup python app.py
Wait for some time after running this command using the sleep command and then run your tests.

Answer 2

I tried it several times but without any success. But there is a simple workaround to test your api locally. I achieved it with a pytest script by using the test_client() from flask package. This client simulates your flask-app.
from api import app
# init test_client
app.config['TESTING'] = True
client = app.test_client()
# to test your app
def test_api():
r = client.get('/your_endpoint')
assert r.status_code == 200
Note that every requests now made directly over the client and the methods which belongs to.
You can find more information here: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.0.x/testing/