python - unittest colored output

Question

I use unittest (actually unittest2) for Python testing, together with Python Mock for mocking objects and nose to run all tests in a single pass.

I miss being able to tell what is working and what's wrong at a glance from the green/red bars. Is there a way to get colored output from unittest?

(Changing test suite at this point is not an option, and I actually like unittest)

Answer 1

Using a method very similar to robert's answer, I have (today!) released a package that enables colour output in unittest test results. I have called it colour-runner.

To install it, run:

pip install colour-runner

Then, where you were using unittest.TextTestRunner, use colour_runner.runner.ColourTextTestRunner instead.

See how it looks with verbosity=1...and verbosity=2