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

As of pytest 5, as a fixture, you can use this:

@pytest.fixture
def suspend_capture(pytestconfig):
    class suspend_guard:
        def __init__(self):
            self.capmanager = pytestconfig.pluginmanager.getplugin('capturemanager')
        def __enter__(self):
            self.capmanager.suspend_global_capture(in_=True)
        def __exit__(self, _1, _2, _3):
            self.capmanager.resume_global_capture()

    yield suspend_guard()

Example usage:

def test_input(suspend_capture):
    with suspend_capture:
        input("hello")