Running a method just once at the beginning before any tests are run in PyUnit

Question

Im using PyUnit to write unit tests for my code. The setup method is called everytime before any test is run. Is there a way i can define a method that will be run just once at the beginning before any tests are run ?

Please Help Thank You

Answer 1

You can use setUpClass or setUpModule in Python 2.7 and 3.2.

Answer 2

How about using the constructor of your test class?