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py.test plugins
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Much of py.test's functionality is implemented as a plugin.
Included plugins
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You can find the source code of all default plugins in
http://bitbucket.org/hpk42/py-trunk/src/tip/py/test/plugin/
plugins that add reporting asepcts
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pytest_terminal: default reporter for writing info to terminals
pytest_resultlog: log test results in machine-readable form to a file
plugins for adding new test types
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pytest_unittest: run traditional unittest TestCase instances
pytest_doctest: run doctests in python modules or .txt files
pytest_restdoc: provide RestructuredText syntax and link checking
plugins for python test functions
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pytest_xfail: provides "expected to fail" test marker
pytest_tmpdir: provide temporary directories to test functions
pytest_plugintester: generic plugin apichecks, support for functional plugin tests
Loading plugins and specifying dependencies
============================================
py.test loads and configures plugins at tool startup:
* by reading the ``PYTEST_PLUGINS`` environment variable
and importing the comma-separated list of plugin names.
* by pre-scanning the command line for the ``-p name`` option
and loading the specified plugin *before actual command line parsing*.
* by loading all plugins specified via a ``pytest_plugins``
variable in ``conftest.py`` files or test modules.
Specifying a plugin in a test module or ``conftest.py`` will
only lead to activitation when ``py.test`` actually sees the
directory and the file during the collection process. This is
already after command line parsing and there is no try to do
a "pre-scan of all subdirs" as this would mean a potentially
very large delay. As long as you don't add command line
options this detail does not need to worry you.
ensure a plugin is loaded
-----------------------------------
If you create a ``conftest.py`` file with the following content::
pytest_plugins = "pytest_myextension",
then all tests in and below that directory will consult the hooks
defined in the imported ``pytest_myextension``. A plugin
may specify its dependencies via another ``pytest_plugins``
definition.