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.. _`pytest helpers`:
Pytest builtin helpers
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builtin pytest.* functions and helping objects
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You can always use an interactive Python prompt and type::
import pytest
help(pytest)
to get an overview on the globally available helpers.
.. automodule:: pytest
:members:
.. _builtinresources:
Builtin resources / function arguments
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You can ask for available builtin or project-custom
:ref:`function arguments <funcargs>` by typing::
$ py.test --fixtures
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platform linux2 -- Python 2.7.3 -- pytest-2.3.0.dev2
plugins: xdist, bugzilla, cache, oejskit, pep8, cov
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pytestconfig
the pytest config object with access to command line opts.
capsys
enables capturing of writes to sys.stdout/sys.stderr and makes
captured output available via ``capsys.readouterr()`` method calls
which return a ``(out, err)`` tuple.
capfd
enables capturing of writes to file descriptors 1 and 2 and makes
captured output available via ``capsys.readouterr()`` method calls
which return a ``(out, err)`` tuple.
tmpdir
return a temporary directory path object
which is unique to each test function invocation,
created as a sub directory of the base temporary
directory. The returned object is a `py.path.local`_
path object.
monkeypatch
The returned ``monkeypatch`` funcarg provides these
helper methods to modify objects, dictionaries or os.environ::
monkeypatch.setattr(obj, name, value, raising=True)
monkeypatch.delattr(obj, name, raising=True)
monkeypatch.setitem(mapping, name, value)
monkeypatch.delitem(obj, name, raising=True)
monkeypatch.setenv(name, value, prepend=False)
monkeypatch.delenv(name, value, raising=True)
monkeypatch.syspath_prepend(path)
monkeypatch.chdir(path)
All modifications will be undone after the requesting
test function has finished. The ``raising``
parameter determines if a KeyError or AttributeError
will be raised if the set/deletion operation has no target.
recwarn
Return a WarningsRecorder instance that provides these methods:
* ``pop(category=None)``: return last warning matching the category.
* ``clear()``: clear list of warnings
See http://docs.python.org/library/warnings.html for information
on warning categories.
cov
A pytest funcarg that provides access to the underlying coverage object.
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