I want to use indirect parametrization as shown in this answer and in pytest documentation.
I want to be able to set scope to be able to configure if fixture is run for every function or once for many of them.
However I see that I can set scope on fixture
decorator:
import pytest
@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
def fixt(request):
return request.param * 3
@pytest.mark.parametrize("fixt", ["a", "b"], indirect=True)
def test_indirect(fixt):
assert len(fixt) == 3
Or on parametrize
decorator:
import pytest
@pytest.fixture
def fixt(request):
return request.param * 3
@pytest.mark.parametrize("fixt", ["a", "b"], indirect=True, scope="function")
def test_indirect(fixt):
assert len(fixt) == 3
Or even both at the same time:
import pytest
@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
def fixt(request):
return request.param * 3
@pytest.mark.parametrize("fixt", ["a", "b"], indirect=True, scope="function")
def test_indirect(fixt):
assert len(fixt) == 3
What is the difference and when I should set each?
Update:
I tested each to see how they differ.
Code I used for testing:
import pytest
scope_fixture="function"
scope_parametrize="module"
with open('scope_log.txt', 'a') as file:
file.write(f'--------\n')
file.write(f'{scope_fixture=}\n')
file.write(f'{scope_parametrize=}\n')
@pytest.fixture(scope=scope_fixture)
def fixt(request):
with open('scope_log.txt', 'a') as file:
file.write(f'fixture ' + str(request.param)+'\n')
return request.param * 3
@pytest.mark.parametrize("fixt", ["a", "b"], indirect=True, scope=scope_parametrize)
def test_indirect1(fixt):
with open('scope_log.txt', 'a') as file:
file.write(f'1 ' + str(fixt)+'\n')
assert len(fixt) == 3
@pytest.mark.parametrize("fixt", ["a", "b"], indirect=True, scope=scope_parametrize)
def test_indirect2(fixt):
with open('scope_log.txt', 'a') as file:
file.write(f'2 ' + str(fixt)+'\n')
assert len(fixt) == 3
Results:
scope_fixture=None
scope_parametrize=None
fixture a
1 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
fixture a
2 aaa
fixture b
2 bbb
--------
scope_fixture='function'
scope_parametrize=None
fixture a
1 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
fixture a
2 aaa
fixture b
2 bbb
--------
scope_fixture='module'
scope_parametrize=None
fixture a
1 aaa
2 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
2 bbb
--------
scope_fixture=None
scope_parametrize='function'
fixture a
1 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
fixture a
2 aaa
fixture b
2 bbb
--------
scope_fixture=None
scope_parametrize='module'
fixture a
1 aaa
2 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
2 bbb
--------
scope_fixture='function'
scope_parametrize='module'
fixture a
1 aaa
2 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
2 bbb
--------
scope_fixture='module'
scope_parametrize='module'
fixture a
1 aaa
2 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
2 bbb
--------
scope_fixture='module'
scope_parametrize='function'
fixture a
1 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
fixture a
2 aaa
fixture b
2 bbb
--------
scope_fixture='function'
scope_parametrize='function'
fixture a
1 aaa
fixture b
1 bbb
fixture a
2 aaa
fixture b
2 bbb
As @Tzane pointed out in comment, setting the scope for parametrize
overrides any scope set in fixtures.
From documentation:
scope (Optional[_ScopeName]) – If specified it denotes the scope of the parameters. The scope is used for grouping tests by parameter instances. It will also override any fixture-function defined scope, allowing to set a dynamic scope using test context or configuration.