IRC-Daemon/conftest.py

"""
    setup the fixtures for our test
"""
import socketserver

import pytest


@pytest.fixture()
def server():
    """
    starts the server
    """
    from src.server import Handler_TCPServer

    HOST, PORT = "localhost", 9999

    # Init the TCP server object, bind it to the localhost on 9999 port
    tcp_server = socketserver.TCPServer((HOST, PORT), Handler_TCPServer)

    # Activate the TCP server.
    # To abort the TCP server, press Ctrl-C.
    tcp_server.serve_forever()