pytest plugin for providing variables to tests/fixtures
Project description
pytest-variables is a plugin for py.test that provides variables to tests/fixtures as a dict via a JSON file specified on the command line.
Requirements
You will need the following prerequisites in order to use pytest-variables:
Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 or PyPy
py.test 2.3 or newer
Installation
To install pytest-variables:
pip install pytest-variables
Then run your tests with:
py.test --variables=variables.json
Accessing variables
Create a JSON variables file such as:
{
"foo": "bar",
"bar": "foo"
}Specify the variables funcarg to make the variables available to your tests. The contents of the JSON are made available as a dictionary:
def test_foo(self, variables):
assert variables['foo'] == 'bar'
assert variables.get('bar') == 'foo'
assert variables.get('missing') is NoneResources
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