py.test session level fixtures in setup_method

Question

Is there a way to somehow use pytest fixtures from conftest.py in a test class\'s setup? I need to initialize an object when the session starts and use it in so

Answer 1

For the example provided above, the object returned from the fixture can be set as an attribute of the test class. Any methods of this class will have access.

# test_fixture.py

import pytest

class TestAAA():
@pytest.fixture(scope="class", autouse=True)
def setup(self, myfixture):
    TestAAA.myfixture = myfixture

def test_function1(self):
    assert self.myfixture == "myfixture"

or if you inherit from unittest.Testcase you can do the following

# test_fixture.py

import pytest
from unittest import TestCase

class TestAAA(TestCase):
    @pytest.fixture(scope="class", autouse=True)
    def setup(self, myfixture):
        self.myfixture = myfixture

    def test_function1(self):
        self.assertEqual(self.myfixture, "myfixture")