allow to execute one test multiple times with different parameters

README.md

@@ -55,23 +55,27 @@ If you wish to use the `healthcheck` [management command](#management-command),
 
 The default "health" endpoint will test a simple `SELECT 1` query on the database. Additional checks can be enabled in your Django settings.
 
-Use the `ALIVE_CHECKS` setting to configure the checks to include. It is a dictionary with the path to a Python function as a key and any keyword arguments to pass to that function as a value. A full example:
+Use the `ALIVE_CHECKS` setting to configure the checks to include. It is a list of tuples with the path to a Python function as a first argiment and dict of keyword arguments to pass to that function as a second argument. A full example:
 
 ```python
-ALIVE_CHECKS = {
-    "django_alive.checks.check_database": {},
-    "django_alive.checks.check_staticfile": {
+ALIVE_CHECKS = [
+    ("django_alive.checks.check_database", {}),
+    ("django_alive.checks.check_staticfile", {
         "filename": "img/favicon.ico",
-    },
-    "django_alive.checks.check_cache": {
+    }),
+    ("django_alive.checks.check_cache", {
         "cache": "session",
         "key": "test123",
-    },
-    "django_alive.checks.check_migrations": {},
-}
-
+    }),
+    ("django_alive.checks.check_migrations", {}),
+]
 ```
 
+**⚠️ Warning: Changed in version 1.3.0 ⚠️**
+
+**NOTE:** Old settings with `ALIVE_CHECKS` as dict was deprecated in favor of a list of tuples.
+
+
 ### Built-in Checks
 
 Defined in `django_alive.checks`.

django_alive/tests/test_views.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
 
 from .side_effects import ERR_MSG, bad_database_check
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ def test_healthcheck(self):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content.decode("utf8")), {"healthy": True})
 
+    @override_settings(ALIVE_CHECKS={"django_alive.checks.check_migrations": {}})
+    def test_deprecated_dict_format(self):
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            response = self.client.get(reverse("alive_health"))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content.decode("utf8")), {"healthy": True})
+
     def test_healtcheck_failed(self):
 
         with patch(

django_alive/utils.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import warnings
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
@@ -10,14 +11,24 @@
     pass
 
 
-DEFAULT_ALIVE_CHECKS = {"django_alive.checks.check_database": {}}
-ALIVE_CHECKS = getattr(settings, "ALIVE_CHECKS", DEFAULT_ALIVE_CHECKS)
+DEFAULT_ALIVE_CHECKS = [("django_alive.checks.check_database", {})]
 
 
 def perform_healthchecks():
     # typing: () -> (bool, List[str])
     errors = []
-    for func, kwargs in ALIVE_CHECKS.items():
+    ALIVE_CHECKS = getattr(settings, "ALIVE_CHECKS", DEFAULT_ALIVE_CHECKS)
+    if isinstance(ALIVE_CHECKS, dict):
+        # Deprecated dict format
+        warnings.warn(
+            "ALIVE_CHECKS should be a list of tuples, not a dict. "
+            "Please update your settings.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        checks = ALIVE_CHECKS.items()
+    else:
+        checks = ALIVE_CHECKS
+    for func, kwargs in checks:
         try:
             import_string(func)(**kwargs)
         except HealthcheckFailure as e: