added a more general way to configure live test accounts for testing

python/tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,19 +1,45 @@
 import pytest
+from deltachat import Account
 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    parser.addoption("--user", action="store", default=None,
-                     help="user and domain of test account: example user@example.org")
-    parser.addoption("--password", action="store", default=None)
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--liveconfig", action="store", default=None,
+        help="a file with >=2 lines where each line contains NAME=VALUE config settings for one account"
+    )
+
+
+_dummy = object()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def userpassword(pytestconfig):
-    user = pytestconfig.getoption("--user")
-    passwd = pytestconfig.getoption("--password")
-    if user and passwd:
-        return user, passwd
-    pytest.skip("specify a test account with --user and --password options")
+def acfactory(pytestconfig, tmpdir, request):
+    fn = pytestconfig.getoption("--liveconfig")
+    if not fn:
+        pytest.skip("specify a --liveconfig file to run tests with real accounts")
+
+    class AccountMaker:
+        def __init__(self):
+            self.configlist = []
+            for line in open(fn):
+                if line.strip():
+                    d = {}
+                    for part in line.split():
+                        name, value = part.split("=")
+                        d[name] = value
+                    self.configlist.append(d)
+            self.count = 0
+
+        def get_live_account(self, logcallback=None):
+            configdict = self.configlist.pop(0)
+            tmpdb = tmpdir.join("testdb%d" % self.count)
+            ac = Account(tmpdb.strpath, logcallback=logcallback)
+            ac.set_config(**configdict)
+            ac.start()
+            request.addfinalizer(ac.shutdown)
+            return ac
+
+    return AccountMaker()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture