How to run initialization code before tests when using Python's unittest module as a testrunner?

Question

How can a user of a library run his own initialization code (setting debug levels of loggers for example) before running tests supplied with the library? Python\'s uni

Answer 1

You could do the set-up work before calling unittest.main.

Or you could subclass the test suite and run a class-level setup method.

Or you could have the test setup incorporate a callback to a user-defined setup method.