How do you show an error message when a test does not throw an expected exception?

Question

I am new to python. I wanted to test if my code throws an exception. I got the code from here: How do you test that a Python function throws an exception?

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Answer 1

As of python 3.3, assertRaises can be used as a context manager with a message:

import unittest

def sayHelloTo(name):
    print("Hello " + name)

class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    def test1(self):
        person = "John"
        with self.assertRaises(Exception, msg="My insightful message"):
            sayHelloTo(person)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()

Results in

Hello John
F
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FAIL: test1 (__main__.MyTestCase)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "r.py", line 10, in test1
    sayHelloTo(person)
AssertionError: Exception not raised : My insightful message

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Ran 1 test in 0.001s

FAILED (failures=1)