Running unit tests with pytest

Since marimo notebooks are Python programs, you can test them using pytest, a popular testing framework for Python.

For example,

pytest test_notebook.py

runs and tests all notebook cells whose names start with test_.

Naming cells

Name a cell by giving its function a name in the notebook file, or using the cell action menu in the notebook editor.

Use marimo notebooks just like normal pytest tests

Include test notebooks (notebooks whose names start with test_) in your standard test suite, and pytest will discover them automatically. In addition, you can write self-contained notebooks that contain their own unit tests, and run pytest on them directly (pytest my_notebook.py).

Example

Running pytest on

# content of test_notebook.py
import marimo

__generated_with = "0.10.6"
app = marimo.App()


@app.cell
def _():
    def inc(x):
        return x + 1
    return inc


@app.cell
def test_answer(inc):
    assert inc(3) == 5, "This test fails"


@app.cell
def test_sanity(inc):
    assert inc(3) == 4, "This test passes"

prints

============================= test session starts ==============================
platform linux -- Python 3.11.10, pytest-8.3.3, pluggy-1.5.0
rootdir: /notebooks
configfile: pyproject.toml
collected 2 items

test_notebook.py F.                                                       [100%]

=================================== FAILURES ===================================
__________________________________ test_fails __________________________________

    import marimo

    __generated_with = "0.10.6"
    app = marimo.App(width="medium")


    @app.cell
    def _():
        def inc(x):
            return x + 1
        return (inc,)


    @app.cell
    def test_answser(inc):
>       assert inc(3) == 5, "This test fails"
E       AssertionError: This test fails

test_notebook.py:16: AssertionError
=========================== short test summary info ============================
FAILED test_notebook.py::test_fails - AssertionError: This test fails
========================= 1 failed, 1 passed in 0.20s ===========================