QGIS Headless Rendering

Headless rendering library using QGIS

Installation to Virtualenv

1. Install dependecies:

   • libqgis-dev
   • qt5-image-formats-plugins (usually installed via dependencies)
   • build-essential
   • cmake

2. Create virtualenv, activate it and install the package there:

   $ python3 -m venv env
   $ source env/bin/activate
   $ pip install --editable ./[tests]
   

3. Run the tests:

   $ python -m pytest qgis_headless/test/
   

Running Python Tests in Docker

Ubuntu Bionic Beaver:

$ docker build -t qgis_headless:bionic -f Dockerfile.bionic .
$ docker run --rm qgis_headless:bionic ./pytest-runner