openfisca test

usage: openfisca test [-h] [-c COUNTRY_PACKAGE]
                      [-e [EXTENSIONS [EXTENSIONS ...]]]
                      [-r [REFORMS [REFORMS ...]]] [-n NAME_FILTER] [-p]
                      [--performance-graph] [--performance-tables] [-v]
                      [-o [ONLY_VARIABLES [ONLY_VARIABLES ...]]]
                      [-i [IGNORE_VARIABLES [IGNORE_VARIABLES ...]]]
                      path [path ...]

Positional Arguments

path	paths (files or directories) of tests to execute

Named Arguments

-c, –country-package
	country package to use. If not provided, an automatic detection will be attempted by scanning the python packages installed in your environment which name contains the word “openfisca”.
-e, –extensions
	extensions to load
-r, –reforms	reforms to apply to the country package
-n, –name_filter
	partial name of tests to execute. Only tests with the given name_filter in their name, file name, or keywords will be run.
-p, –pdb	drop into debugger on failures or errors Default: False
–performance-graph, –performance
	output a performance graph in a ‘performance_graph.html’ file Default: False
–performance-tables
	output performance CSV tables Default: False
-v, –verbose	increase output verbosity Default: False
-o, –only-variables
	variables to test. If specified, only test the given variables.
-i, –ignore-variables
	variables to ignore. If specified, do not test the given variables.

Examples

Let’s assume that in the country package openfisca_france, net_salary is always 80% of gross_salary.

Basic use

test.yaml:

- name: "Basic test"
  period: 2015
  input:
    gross_salary: 2000
  output:
    net_salary: 2000 * 0.8

Command line:

openfisca test -c openfisca_france test.yaml
# Success

openfisca test test.yaml
# Success: the country package is automatically detected.
# May fail if several country packages are installed in your environment.
# In that case, specify which package to use with the --country_package option

Error margin

test_2.yaml:

- name: "Test defining a relative error margin"
  period: 2015
  relative_error_margin: 0.05
  input:
    gross_salary: 1000
  output:
    net_salary: 780 # the right value is 800

- name: "Test defining an absolute error margin"
  absolute_error_margin: 10
  period: 2015
  input:
    gross_salary: 1000
  output:
    net_salary: 790 # the right value is 800

test_3.yaml:

- name: "Test not defining any error margin"
  period: 2015
  input:
    gross_salary: 1000
  output:
    net_salary: 795 # the right value is 800

Command line:

openfisca test test_2.yaml
# Success: the test pass, as the actual results are within the error margins

openfisca test test_3.yaml
# Failure: the test does not pass, as its error margin is by default 0

Name filter

test_4.yaml:

- name: "Test containing the word openfisca in its name"
  period: 2015
  input:
    gross_salary: 1000
  output:
    net_salary: 800

- name: "Test that contains the magic word in its keywords"
  keywords:
    - some keyword
    - openfisca
  period: 2015
  input:
    gross_salary: 1000
  output:
    net_salary: 800

- name: "Some other test that fails"
  period: 2015
  input:
    gross_salary: 1000
  output:
    net_salary: 0

Command line:

openfisca test test_4.yaml
# Failure: the third test does not pass

openfisca test -n openfisca test_4.yaml
# Success: the third test is not executed, as it doesn't contain the word 'openfisca'

Note that if a test file name contains the name filter, all the inner tests will be executed.

Extensions

Let’s now assume an extension to openfisca_france, openfisca_paris is installed on our system, defines the variable paris_housing_benefit, and that this variable is worth 200 if net_salary is 0.

test_5.yaml:

- name: "Test using an extension"
  period: 2015
  input:
    net_salary: 0
  output:
    paris_housing_benefit: 200

Command line:

openfisca test test_5.yaml
# Failure: the test returns an error:
# the country package openfisca_france does not references a variable named paris_housing_benefit

openfisca test -e openfisca_paris test_5.yaml
# Success: The test passes, as the extension is loaded in the tax benefit system before running the test

Reforms

Let’s assume that I want to test a reform that lowers net_salary to 60% of gross_salary (instead of 80% in the regular openfisca_france).

This reform is called increase_cotisation and available in the python module openfisca_france.reforms.increase_cotisation.

test_6.yaml:

- name: "Test on a reform"
  period: 2015
  input:
    gross_salary: 1000
  output:
    net_salary: 600

Command line:

openfisca test test_6.yaml
# Failure: the test does not pass, as the regular openfisca_france is used

openfisca test -r openfisca_france.reforms.increase_cotisation.increase_cotisation test_5.yaml
# Success: The test passes, as the increase_cotisation reform is applied