debug_settings.py

import os

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}

DEBUG = True

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=DEBUG)

logging.info("Application is running on DEBUG mode")


class PytestTestRunner(object):
    def __init__(self, verbosity=1, failfast=False, keepdb=False, **kwargs):
        self.verbosity = verbosity
        self.failfast = failfast
        self.keepdb = keepdb

    def run_tests(self, test_labels):
        import pytest

        argv = []
        if self.verbosity == 0:
            argv.append('--quiet')
        if self.verbosity == 2:
            argv.append('--verbose')
        if self.verbosity == 3:
            argv.append('-vv')
        if self.failfast:
            argv.append('--exitfirst')
        if self.keepdb:
            argv.append('--reuse-db')

        argv.extend(test_labels)
        return pytest.main(argv)


TEST_RUNNER='debug_settings.PytestTestRunner'