How to make pytest wait for (manual) user action?

Question

We are sucessfully using pytest (Python 3) to run a test suite testing some hardware devices (electronics). For a subset of these tests, we need the tester to change the hardwa

Answer 1

Maybe it's worth noting that above solution doesn't have to be in a fixture. I've made a helper function for that:

import pytest

def ask_user_input(msg=''):
    """ Asks user to check something manually and answer a question
    """
    notification = "\n\n???\tANSWER NEEDED\t???\n\n{}".format(msg)

    # suspend input capture by py.test so user input can be recorded here
    capture_manager = pytest.config.pluginmanager.getplugin('capturemanager')
    capture_manager.suspendcapture(in_=True)

    answer = raw_input(notification)

    # resume capture after question have been asked
    capture_manager.resumecapture()

    logging.debug("Answer: {}".format(answer))
    return answer