implement #3130 - adding record_xml_attribute fixture

update incorrect expected attribute value in test_record_attribute

attr names must be strings

Update CHANGELOG formatting

update usage documentation

Fix versionadded for record_xml_attribute

Indent the xml schema properly inside the warning box in the docs

AUTHORS

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Punyashloka Biswal
 Quentin Pradet
 Ralf Schmitt
 Ran Benita
+Raphael Castaneda
 Raphael Pierzina
 Raquel Alegre
 Ravi Chandra

_pytest/junitxml.py

@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ class _NodeReporter(object):
     def add_property(self, name, value):
         self.properties.append((str(name), bin_xml_escape(value)))
 
+    def add_attribute(self, name, value):
+        self.attrs[str(name)] = bin_xml_escape(value)
+
     def make_properties_node(self):
         """Return a Junit node containing custom properties, if any.
         """
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ class _NodeReporter(object):
     def record_testreport(self, testreport):
         assert not self.testcase
         names = mangle_test_address(testreport.nodeid)
+        existing_attrs = self.attrs
         classnames = names[:-1]
         if self.xml.prefix:
             classnames.insert(0, self.xml.prefix)
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ class _NodeReporter(object):
         if hasattr(testreport, "url"):
             attrs["url"] = testreport.url
         self.attrs = attrs
+        self.attrs.update(existing_attrs)  # restore any user-defined attributes
 
     def to_xml(self):
         testcase = Junit.testcase(time=self.duration, **self.attrs)
@@ -211,6 +216,27 @@ def record_xml_property(request):
         return add_property_noop
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def record_xml_attribute(request):
+    """Add extra xml attributes to the tag for the calling test.
+    The fixture is callable with ``(name, value)``, with value being automatically
+    xml-encoded
+    """
+    request.node.warn(
+        code='C3',
+        message='record_xml_attribute is an experimental feature',
+    )
+    xml = getattr(request.config, "_xml", None)
+    if xml is not None:
+        node_reporter = xml.node_reporter(request.node.nodeid)
+        return node_reporter.add_attribute
+    else:
+        def add_attr_noop(name, value):
+            pass
+
+        return add_attr_noop
+
+
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
     group = parser.getgroup("terminal reporting")
     group.addoption(

changelog/3130.feature

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+New fixture ``record_xml_attribute`` that allows modifying and inserting attributes on the ``<testcase>`` xml node in JUnit reports.

doc/en/usage.rst

@@ -256,6 +256,66 @@ This will add an extra property ``example_key="1"`` to the generated
     Also please note that using this feature will break any schema verification.
     This might be a problem when used with some CI servers.
 
+record_xml_attribute
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+To add an additional xml attribute to a testcase element, you can use
+``record_xml_attribute`` fixture. This can also be used to override existing values:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    def test_function(record_xml_attribute):
+        record_xml_attribute("assertions", "REQ-1234")
+        record_xml_attribute("classname", "custom_classname")
+        print('hello world')
+        assert True
+
+Unlike ``record_xml_property``, this will not add a new child element.
+Instead, this will add an attribute ``assertions="REQ-1234"`` inside the generated
+``testcase`` tag and override the default ``classname`` with ``"classname=custom_classname"``:
+
+.. code-block:: xml
+
+    <testcase classname="custom_classname" file="test_function.py" line="0" name="test_function" time="0.003" assertions="REQ-1234">
+        <system-out>
+            hello world
+        </system-out>
+    </testcase>
+
+.. warning::
+
+    ``record_xml_attribute`` is an experimental feature, and its interface might be replaced
+    by something more powerful and general in future versions. The
+    functionality per-se will be kept, however.
+
+    Using this over ``record_xml_property`` can help when using ci tools to parse the xml report.
+    However, some parsers are quite strict about the elements and attributes that are allowed.
+    Many tools use an xsd schema (like the example below) to validate incoming xml.
+    Make sure you are using attribute names that are allowed by your parser.
+
+    Below is the Scheme used by Jenkins to validate the XML report:
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <xs:element name="testcase">
+            <xs:complexType>
+                <xs:sequence>
+                    <xs:element ref="skipped" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
+                    <xs:element ref="error" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+                    <xs:element ref="failure" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+                    <xs:element ref="system-out" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+                    <xs:element ref="system-err" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+                </xs:sequence>
+                <xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string" use="required"/>
+                <xs:attribute name="assertions" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
+                <xs:attribute name="time" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
+                <xs:attribute name="classname" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
+                <xs:attribute name="status" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
+            </xs:complexType>
+        </xs:element>
+
 LogXML: add_global_property
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

testing/test_junitxml.py

@@ -879,6 +879,27 @@ def test_record_property_same_name(testdir):
     pnodes[1].assert_attr(name="foo", value="baz")
 
 
+def test_record_attribute(testdir):
+    testdir.makepyfile("""
+        import pytest
+
+        @pytest.fixture
+        def other(record_xml_attribute):
+            record_xml_attribute("bar", 1)
+        def test_record(record_xml_attribute, other):
+            record_xml_attribute("foo", "<1");
+    """)
+    result, dom = runandparse(testdir, '-rw')
+    node = dom.find_first_by_tag("testsuite")
+    tnode = node.find_first_by_tag("testcase")
+    tnode.assert_attr(bar="1")
+    tnode.assert_attr(foo="<1")
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+        'test_record_attribute.py::test_record',
+        '*record_xml_attribute*experimental*',
+    ])
+
+
 def test_random_report_log_xdist(testdir):
     """xdist calls pytest_runtest_logreport as they are executed by the slaves,
     with nodes from several nodes overlapping, so junitxml must cope with that