Python Sonarqube with unit test coverage

Prerequisite

Sonarqube is installed (Create a new project named 'shootout')
Sonar scanner is installed
Anaconda is installed

Install nose and coverage

pip install nose
pip install coverage

Python Project structure

main.py
sample/
    hello.py
testcase/
    test.py

Sonar property file

create sonar-project.properties under the root folder

Contents of the file

sonar.projectKey=shootout #corresponds to the project name in Sonarqube
sonar.projectName=Penalty shootout
sonar.projectVersion=1.0
sonar.language=py
sonar.python.xunit.reportPath=nosetests.xml
sonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=coverage.xml
sonar.python.xunit.skipDetails=true
sonar.coverage.exclusions=testcase/**/* 

Activate the Anaconda virtual environment

Note: It appears that nose can only run in the virtual environment, hence the need of the activation.

conda init

Generate nosetests.xml and coverage.xml

coverage erase 

nosetests --with-coverage --with-xunit
coverage xml

Analyze the project

sonar-scanner

View the result

http://localhost:9000

Troubleshooting

https://github.com/sunmingtao/sample-code/issues/11
https://github.com/sunmingtao/sample-code/issues/12
https://github.com/sunmingtao/sample-code/issues/13
https://github.com/sunmingtao/sample-code/issues/14
https://github.com/sunmingtao/sample-code/issues/15
https://github.com/sunmingtao/sample-code/issues/16