improving ci-pipeline

Author: ashley-arellano

.github/workflows/django_ci_cd.yml

@@ -56,16 +56,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Migrations
         run: python manage.py migrate
 
-      - name: Run Tests with Coverage
-        run: |
-          coverage run manage.py test
-          coverage report
-          coverage html  # Generates the HTML report in 'htmlcov' directory
+      # Generate coverage XML report for Codecov
+      - name: Run tests and generate coverage XML report
+        run: pytest --cov --cov-branch --cov-report=xml
 
-      # Upload coverage HTML report as artifact
-      - name: Upload coverage HTML report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      # Upload to Codecov (external visualization tool)
+      - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
-          name: coverage-report-html
-          path: backend/htmlcov/  # Upload the entire 'htmlcov' directory
-
+            token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

backend/requirements.txt

@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ pytest==8.1.1
 pytest-django==4.8.0
 pytest-asyncio==0.23.5
 factory-boy==3.3.0
-coverage==7.5.0
+coverage==7.5.0
+
+# Dev dependencies
+pytest-cov==6.1.1

pytest.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# pytest.ini
+[pytest]
+DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = backend.settings
+python_files = tests.py