Adds conftest and defines session fixtures

test/unit/conftest.py

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+import pytest
+from time import sleep
+from threading import Thread
+from multiprocessing import Process
+
+from pisa.api import start_api
+from test.simulator.bitcoind_sim import run_simulator
+
+bitcoind_process = Process(target=run_simulator)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope='session')
+def run_bitcoind():
+    global bitcoind_process
+    
+    bitcoind_process.daemon = True
+    bitcoind_process.start()
+
+    # It takes a little bit of time to start the API (otherwise the requests are sent too early and they fail)
+    sleep(0.1)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope='session')
+def run_api():
+    api_thread = Thread(target=start_api)
+    api_thread.daemon = True
+    api_thread.start()
+
+    # It takes a little bit of time to start the API (otherwise the requests are sent too early and they fail)
+    sleep(0.1)