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pytest plugins
==================
specifying plugins for directories or test modules
---------------------------------------------------------
py.test loads and configures plugins at tool startup and whenever
it encounters new confest or test modules which
contain a ``pytest_plugins`` definition. At tool
startup the ``PYTEST_PLUGINS`` environment variable
is considered as well.
Example
++++++++++
If you create a ``conftest.py`` file with the following content::
pytest_plugins = "pytest_plugin1", MyLocalPluginClass
then test execution within that directory can make use
of the according instantiated plugins:
* the module ``pytest_plugin1`` will be imported and
and its contained `Plugin1`` class instantiated.
A plugin module can put its dependencies into
a "pytest_plugins" attribute at module level as well.
* the ``MyLocalPluginClass`` will be instantiated
and added to the pluginmanager.
Plugin methods
----------------------------------
A Plugin class may implement the following attributes and methods:
* pytest_cmdlineoptions: a list of optparse-style py.test.config.Option objects
* pytest_configure(self, config): called after command line options have been parsed
* pytest_unconfigure(self, config): called before the test process quits
* pytest_event(self, event): called for each `pytest event`_
XXX reference APIcheck'ed full documentation
_`pytest event`:
Pytest Events
-------------------
XXX Various reporting events.
Example plugins
-----------------------
XXX here are a few existing plugins:
* adding reporting facilities, e.g.
pytest_terminal: default reporter for writing info to terminals
pytest_resultlog: log test results in machine-readable form to a file
pytest_eventlog: log all internal pytest events to a file
pytest_xfail: "expected to fail" test marker
pytest_tmpdir: provide temporary directories to test functions
pytest_plugintester: generic apichecks, support for functional plugin tests
pytest_pytester: support for testing py.test runs
* extending test execution, e.g.
pytest_apigen: tracing values of function/method calls when running tests