some initial test code, also fixing callback machinery to actually call the callback (thanks flub for the hint), also test file rename

python/tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import pytest
 
 import deltachat
+from deltachat import capi
+import threading
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -13,3 +15,56 @@ def register_dc_callback(monkeypatch):
     def register_dc_callback(ctx, func):
         monkeypatch.setitem(deltachat._DC_CALLBACK_MAP, ctx, func)
     return register_dc_callback
+
+
+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)
+
+
+@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 imap_thread(context, quitflag):
+    print ("starting imap thread")
+    while not quitflag.is_set():
+        capi.lib.dc_perform_imap_jobs(context)
+        capi.lib.dc_perform_imap_fetch(context)
+        capi.lib.dc_perform_imap_idle(context)
+
+
+def smtp_thread(context, quitflag):
+    print ("starting smtp thread")
+    while not quitflag.is_set():
+        capi.lib.dc_perform_smtp_jobs(context)
+        capi.lib.dc_perform_smtp_idle(context)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def dc_context():
+    ctx = capi.lib.dc_context_new(capi.lib.py_dc_callback,
+                                  capi.ffi.NULL, capi.ffi.NULL)
+    yield ctx
+    capi.lib.dc_close(ctx)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def dc_threads(dc_context):
+    quitflag = threading.Event()
+    t1 = threading.Thread(target=imap_thread, name="imap", args=[dc_context, quitflag])
+    t1.setDaemon(1)
+    t1.start()
+    t2 = threading.Thread(target=smtp_thread, name="smtp", args=[dc_context, quitflag])
+    t2.setDaemon(1)
+    t2.start()
+    yield
+    quitflag.set()
+