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Accessing captured output from a test function
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The :ref:`funcarg mechanism` allows test function a very easy
way to access the captured output by simply using the names
``capsys`` or ``capfd`` in the test function signature. Here
is an example test function that performs some output related
checks::
The ``capsys`` and ``capfd`` fixtures allow to access stdout/stderr
output created during test execution. Here is an example test function
that performs some output related checks::
def test_myoutput(capsys): # or use "capfd" for fd-level
print ("hello")
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output streams and also interacts well with pytest's
own per-test capturing.
If you want to capture on ``fd`` level you can use
If you want to capture on filedescriptor level you can use
the ``capfd`` function argument which offers the exact
same interface.
same interface but allows to also capture output from
libraries or subprocesses that directly write to operating
system level output streams (FD1 and FD2).
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