In which py.test callout can I find both 'item' and 'report' data?

Question

pytest_runtest_makereport() gets two arguments, item and call. From item, I can find the funcarg I created for this test, and from call, I can find the exception info (if any):

Answer 1

There is a little undocumented somewhat unofficial method with which hook implementations can interact with other hook implementations, for example to post-process their result. In your concrete case you might do something like:

@pytest.mark.tryfirst
def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call, __multicall__):
    rep = __multicall__.execute()
    # your code follows and you can use rep.passed etc.
    return rep

Notes:

• a hook call will usually call multiple hook implementations
• the "tryfirst" marker instructs the hook call to have your implementation be invoked early
• the multicall parameter represents the ongoing hook call and can be used to call the remaining hook implementations and then
  use their result for further processing
• you need to return "rep" here because you shadow the "real" creation

The multicall API is very seldomly really and i suspect there could be solutions for your use case that don't require it.

HTH, Holger