I would like to use a flexible fixture for a data call that can be reused across the test suite. For this purpose I like to ideally pass on more than on parameter. However the code fragment below generally works only for one parameter:
#pytest.fixture
def getData(request):
"""Variable data query"""
data_detail = request.param
In the pytest documentation there is no hint that more than one parameter may work, e.g. such as:
#pytest.fixture
def getData(request):
"""Variable data query"""
data_detail = request.param[0]
time_detail = request.param[1]
Does anyone have a hint how to build a pytest fixture to which several parameters / arguments may be passed on?
You can use a tuple or a dict as the fixture parameter:
#pytest.fixture
def tuple_params(request):
yield sum(request.param)
#pytest.mark.parametrize("tuple_params", [(1, 2, 3)], indirect=True)
def test_tuple_params(tuple_params):
print(tuple_params) # 6
#pytest.fixture
def dict_params(request):
yield f"{request.param['a']}_{request.param['b']}"
#pytest.mark.parametrize("dict_params", [{"a": "foo", "b": "bar"}],
indirect=True)
def test_dict_params(dict_params):
print(dict_params) # foo_bar
Generally, the parameter can be any object, so you can always put your fixture parameters in a suitable object.
With a tuple or a list parameter, you can also access the values per index as in your example.
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I use testinfra with ansible transport. It provides host fixture which has ansible, so I can do host.ansible.get_variables().
Now I need to create a parametrization of test based on value from this inventory.
Inventory:
foo:
hosts:
foo1:
somedata:
- data1
- data2
I want to write a test which tests each of 'data' from somedata for each host in inventory. 'Each host' part is handled by testnfra, but I'm struggling with parametrization of the test:
#pytest.fixture
def somedata(host):
return host.ansible.get_variables()["somedata"]
#pytest.fixture(params=somedata):
def data(request):
return request.param
def test_data(host, data):
assert 'data' in data
I've tried both ways:
#pytest.fixture(params=somedata) -> TypeError: 'function' object is not iterable
#pytest.fixture(params=somedata()) -> Fixture "somedata" called directly. Fixtures are not meant to be called directly...
How can I do this? I understand that I can't change the number of tests at test time, but I pretty sure I have the same inventory at collection time, so, theoretically, it can be doable...
After reading a lot of source code I have came to conclusion, that it's impossible to call fixtures at collection time. There are no fixtures at collection time, and any parametrization should happen before any tests are called. Moreover, it's impossible to change number of tests at test time (so no fixture could change that).
Answering my own question on using Ansible inventory to parametrize a test function: It's possible, but it requires manually reading inventory, hosts, etc. There is a special hook for that: pytest_generate_tests (it's a function, not a fixture).
My current code to get any test parametrized by host_interface fixture is:
def cartesian(hosts, ar):
for host in hosts:
for interface in ar.get_variables(host).get("interfaces",[]):
yield (host, interface)
def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
if 'host_interface' in metafunc.fixturenames:
inventory_file = metafunc.config.getoption('ansible_inventory')
ansible_config = testinfra.utils.ansible_runner.get_ansible_config()
inventory = testinfra.utils.ansible_runner.get_ansible_inventory(ansible_config, inventory_file)
ar = testinfra.utils.ansible_runner.AnsibleRunner(inventory_file)
hosts = ar.get_hosts(metafunc.config.option.hosts)
metafunc.parametrize("host_interface", cartesian(hosts, ar))
You should use helper function instead of fixture to parametrize another fixture. Fixtures can not be used as decorator parameters in pytest.
def somedata(host):
return host.ansible.get_variables()["somedata"]
#pytest.fixture(params=somedata()):
def data(request):
return request.param
def test_data(host, data):
assert 'data' in data
This assumes that the host is not a fixture.
If the host is a fixture, there is hacky way to get around the problem. You should write the parameters to a tmp file or in a environment variable and read it with a helper function.
import os
#pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def somedata(host):
os.environ["host_param"] = host.ansible.get_variables()["somedata"]
def get_params():
return os.environ["host_param"] # do some clean up to return a list instead of a string
#pytest.fixture(params=get_params()):
def data(request):
return request.param
def test_data(host, data):
assert 'data' in data
I am trying to parametrize my test.
In the setup method which returns a list, I am calling a fixture (app_config).
Now, i want to call the setup so that the list can be used as a parameter values inside the test.
The problem i am running into is that i cannot pass app_config fixture when calling setup in the parametrize decorator.
def setup(app_config):
member = app_config.membership
output = app_config.plan_data
ls = list(zip(member, output))
return ls
#pytest.mark.parametrize('member, output', setup(app_config))
def test_concentric(app_config, member, output):
....
....
Is there an elegant way to pass setup method in the parametrize decorator or any other way to approach this?
Unfortunately, starting with pytest version 4, it has become impossible to call fixtures like regular functions.
https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/deprecations.html#calling-fixtures-directly
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3950
In your case I can recommend not using fixtures and switch to normal functions.
For example, it might look like this:
import pytest
def app_config():
membership = ['a', 'b', 'c']
plan_data = [1, 2, 3]
return {'membership': membership,
'plan_data': plan_data}
def setup_func(config_func):
data = config_func()
member = data['membership']
output = data['plan_data']
ls = list(zip(member, output))
return ls
#pytest.mark.parametrize('member, output', setup_func(app_config))
def test_concentric(member, output):
print(member, output)
....
NB! Avoid the setup() function/fixture name because it will conflict with pytest.runner's internals.
In my test suite, I have certain data-generation fixtures which are used with many parameterized tests. Some of these tests would want these fixtures to run only once per session, while others need them to run every function. For example, I may have a fixture similar to:
#pytest.fixture
def get_random_person():
return random.choice(list_of_people)
and 2 parameterized tests, one which wants to use the same person for each test condition and one which wants a new person each time. Is there any way for this fixture to have scope="session" for one test and scope="function" for another?
James' answer is okay, but it doesn't help if you yield from your fixture code. This is a better way to do it:
# Built In
from contextlib import contextmanager
# 3rd Party
import pytest
#pytest.fixture(session='session')
def fixture_session_fruit():
"""Showing how fixtures can still be passed to the different scopes.
If it is `session` scoped then it can be used by all the different scopes;
otherwise, it must be the same scope or higher than the one it is used on.
If this was `module` scoped then this fixture could NOT be used on `fixture_session_scope`.
"""
return "apple"
#contextmanager
def _context_for_fixture(val_to_yield_after_setup):
# Rather long and complicated fixture implementation here
print('SETUP: Running before the test')
yield val_to_yield_after_setup # Let the test code run
print('TEARDOWN: Running after the test')
#pytest.fixture(session='function')
def fixture_function_scope(fixture_session_fruit):
with _context_for_fixture(fixture_session_fruit) as result:
yield result
#pytest.fixture(scope='class')
def fixture_class_scope(fixture_session_fruit):
with _context_for_fixture(fixture_session_fruit) as result:
yield result
#pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_module_scope(fixture_session_fruit):
with _context_for_fixture(fixture_session_fruit) as result:
yield result
#pytest.fixture(scope='session')
def fixture_session_scope(fixture_session_fruit):
with _context_for_fixture(fixture_session_fruit) as result:
# NOTE if the `_context_for_fixture` just did `yield` without any value,
# there should still be a `yield` here to keep the fixture
# inside the context till it is done. Just remove the ` result` part.
yield result
This way you can still handle contextual fixtures.
Github issue for reference: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/3425
One way to do this to separate out the implementation and then have 2 differently-scoped fixtures return it. So something like:
def _random_person():
return random.choice(list_of_people)
#pytest.fixture(scope='function')
def get_random_person_function_scope():
return _random_person()
#pytest.fixture(scope='session')
def get_random_person_session_scope():
return _random_person()
I've been doing this:
def _some_fixture(a_dependency_fixture):
def __some_fixture(x):
return x
yield __some_fixture
some_temp_fixture = pytest.fixture(_some_fixture, scope="function")
some_module_fixture = pytest.fixture(_some_fixture, scope="module")
some_session_fixture = pytest.fixture(_some_fixture, scope="session")
Less verbose than using a context manager.
Actually there is a workaround for this using the request object.
You could do something like:
#pytest.fixture(scope='class')
def get_random_person(request):
request.scope = getattr(request.cls, 'scope', request.scope)
return random.choice(list_of_people)
Then back at the test class:
#pytest.mark.usefixtures('get_random_person')
class TestSomething:
scope = 'function'
def a_random_test():
def another_test():
However, this only works properly for choosing between 'function' and 'class' scope and particularly if the fixture starts as class-scoped (and then changes to 'function' or is left as is).
If I try the other way around (from 'function' to 'class') funny stuff happen and I still can't figure out why.
I have a use case where I may use fixture multiple times inside a test in a "context manager" way. See example code below:
in conftest.py
class SomeYield(object):
def __enter__(self):
log.info("SomeYield.__enter__")
def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
log.info("SomeYield.__exit__")
def generate_name():
name = "{current_time}-{uuid}".format(
current_time=datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S"),
uuid=str(uuid.uuid4())[:4]
)
return name
#pytest.yield_fixture
def some_yield():
name = generate_name()
log.info("Start: {}".format(name))
yield SomeYield()
log.info("End: {}".format(name))
in test_some_yield.py
def test_some_yield(some_yield):
with some_yield:
pass
with some_yield:
pass
Console output:
INFO:conftest:Start: 2017-12-06-01-50-32-5213
INFO:conftest:SomeYield.__enter__
INFO:conftest:SomeYield.__exit__
INFO:conftest:SomeYield.__enter__
INFO:conftest:SomeYield.__exit__
INFO:conftest:End: 2017-12-06-01-50-32-5213
Questions:
If I have some setup code in SomeYield.enter and cleanup code in
SomeYield.exit, is this the right way to do it using fixture for
multiple calls in my test?
Why didn't I see three occurrences of
enter and exit? Is this expected?
I have test modules of this style:
#test_mammals.py:
PETS = ['cats', 'dogs']
def test_mammals_1(pet):
assert 0, pet
def test_mammals_2(pet):
assert 0, pet
And here another one:
#test_birds.py:
PETS = ['budgie', 'parrot']
def test_birds_1(pet):
assert 0, pet
def test_birds_2(pet):
assert 0, pet
And I would like to define the fixture "pet" only once:
#conftest.py:
import pytest
#pytest.fixture(scope='module', autouse=True)
def getpets(request):
return getattr(request.module, 'PETS', [])
#pytest.fixture(scope='module', params=getpets, autouse=True)
def pet(request):
return request.param
Unfortunately this doesn't work because "pet" expects a list for "params". But if I put "getpets" into a list the ficture will return a pointer to "getpets" but not the values from "PETS" from the corresponding module.
This is a bit hard to answer because your code doesn't make a lot of sense as it stands - if your 'PETS' really are just a list of strings, you should just use pytest.mark.parametrize and you don't need anything special in conftest, or any fixture, in fact.
However if you have something more complicated happening, probably the easiest thing to do is have a generic fixture in conftest, and in each test module, define a lightweight fixture that has your specific data for that module, that makes use of your generic pet fixture in whatever way it needs to.