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.. _`pytest helpers`:

Pytest API and builtin fixtures
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Most of the information of this page has been moved over to :ref:`reference`.

For information on plugin hooks and objects, see :ref:`plugins`.

For information on the ``pytest.mark`` mechanism, see :ref:`mark`.

For information about fixtures, see :ref:`fixtures`. To see a complete list of available fixtures, type::

    $ pytest -q --fixtures


You can also interactively ask for help, e.g. by typing on the Python interactive prompt something like::

    import pytest
    help(pytest)