1 files changed, 50 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 2ccc51847..e68d72feb 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-# pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring
+# pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring,disable=missing-class-docstring,invalid-name
 
+import pathlib
 import os
 import aiounittest
 
-os.environ.pop('SEARX_DEBUG', None)
-os.environ.pop('SEARX_DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL', None)
-os.environ.pop('SEARX_DISABLE_ETC_SETTINGS', None)
-os.environ.pop('SEARX_SETTINGS_PATH', None)
+# Before import from the searx package, we need to set up the (debug)
+# environment.  The import of the searx package initialize the searx.settings
+# and this in turn takes the defaults from the environment!
 
 os.environ.pop('SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH', None)
-
 os.environ['SEARXNG_DEBUG'] = '1'
 os.environ['SEARXNG_DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL'] = 'WARNING'
 os.environ['SEARXNG_DISABLE_ETC_SETTINGS'] = '1'
@@ -43,11 +42,15 @@ class SearxTestCase(aiounittest.AsyncTestCase):
 
     layer = SearxTestLayer
 
+    SETTINGS_FOLDER = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "unit" / "settings"
+    TEST_SETTINGS = "test_settings.yml"
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.init_test_settings()
+
     def setattr4test(self, obj, attr, value):
-        """
-        setattr(obj, attr, value)
-        but reset to the previous value in the cleanup.
-        """
+        """setattr(obj, attr, value) but reset to the previous value in the
+        cleanup."""
         previous_value = getattr(obj, attr)
 
         def cleanup_patch():
@@ -55,3 +58,40 @@ class SearxTestCase(aiounittest.AsyncTestCase):
 
         self.addCleanup(cleanup_patch)
         setattr(obj, attr, value)
+
+    def init_test_settings(self):
+        """Sets ``SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH`` environment variable an initialize
+        global ``settings`` variable and the ``logger`` from a test config in
+        :origin:`tests/unit/settings/`.
+        """
+
+        os.environ['SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH'] = str(self.SETTINGS_FOLDER / self.TEST_SETTINGS)
+
+        # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+        import searx
+        import searx.locales
+        import searx.plugins
+        import searx.search
+        import searx.webapp
+
+        # https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/config/#builtin-configuration-values
+        # searx.webapp.app.config["DEBUG"] = True
+        searx.webapp.app.config["TESTING"] = True  # to get better error messages
+        searx.webapp.app.config["EXPLAIN_TEMPLATE_LOADING"] = True
+
+        searx.init_settings()
+        searx.plugins.initialize(searx.webapp.app)
+
+        # searx.search.initialize will:
+        # - load the engines and
+        # - initialize searx.network, searx.metrics, searx.processors and searx.search.checker
+
+        searx.search.initialize(
+            enable_checker=True,
+            check_network=True,
+            enable_metrics=searx.get_setting("general.enable_metrics"),  # type: ignore
+        )
+
+        # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
+        self.app = searx.webapp.app
+        self.client = searx.webapp.app.test_client()