Add pytest-xdist plugin to speed up tests

[bcantoni]

Running locally on my Mac:

• pytest: 1min 20sec
• pytest -n auto: 15sec

https://pypi.org/project/pytest-xdist/

[github-actions]

Coverage Report

File	Stmts	Miss	Cover	Missing
tableauserverclient
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config.py	15	0	100%
datetime_helpers.py	25	1	1	96%
exponential_backoff.py	20	0	100%
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tableauserverclient/bin
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tableauserverclient/helpers
__init__.py	1	0	100%
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__init__.py	45	0	100%
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task_item.py	57	2	2	96%
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view_item.py	220	15	15	93%
virtual_connection_item.py	64	8	8	88%
webhook_item.py	66	0	100%
workbook_item.py	362	16	16	96%
tableauserverclient/server
__init__.py	9	0	100%
exceptions.py	4	0	100%
filter.py	21	1	1	95%
pager.py	33	1	1	97%
query.py	143	18	18	87%
request_factory.py	1258	183	183	85%
request_options.py	373	5	5	99%
server.py	188	19	19	90%
sort.py	6	0	100%
tableauserverclient/server/endpoint
__init__.py	34	0	100%
auth_endpoint.py	75	10	10	87%
custom_views_endpoint.py	147	12	12	92%
data_acceleration_report_endpoint.py	21	0	100%
data_alert_endpoint.py	94	23	23	76%
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projects_endpoint.py	150	24	24	84%
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webhooks_endpoint.py	54	9	9	83%
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[bcantoni]

Okay not so fast -- tests ran fine locally but on GitHub several are failing with serialization problems so I'll need to look into this further.

[jorwoods]

@bcantoni I did a test and it looks like the issue is arising because of mixing pytest and unittest. The test test_add_users for example fails when in a unittest.TestCase, but succeeds when it is a simple function that takes a pytest fixture. Given I am working my way through converting the tests, perhaps we delay the switch to using pytest-xdist?

[jorwoods]

@bcantoni#1679 and #1684 fix the race conditions present in the unittest.TestCase classes by converting those tests to parameterized pytest functions.

[bcantoni]

@jorwoods I can confirm that your changes did fix that running in parallel issue :)

This PR does save a little bit of time with the parallel runs. Looking at the python tests actions, it dropped from the usual 6 or 7 minute run to just over 4 minutes: