$ pytest --help
usage: pytest [options] [file_or_dir] [file_or_dir] [...]
positional arguments:
file_or_dir
general:
-k EXPRESSION Only run tests which match the given substring expression. An expression is a Python
evaluatable expression where all names are substring-matched against test names and their
parent classes. Example: -k 'test_method or test_other' matches all test functions and classes
whose name contains 'test_method' or 'test_other', while -k 'not test_method' matches those
that don't contain 'test_method' in their names. -k 'not test_method and not test_other' will
eliminate the matches. Additionally keywords are matched to classes and functions containing
extra names in their 'extra_keyword_matches' set, as well as functions which have names
assigned directly to them. The matching is case-insensitive.
-m MARKEXPR Only run tests matching given mark expression. For example: -m 'mark1 and not mark2'.
--markers show markers (builtin, plugin and per-project ones).
-x, --exitfirst Exit instantly on first error or failed test
--fixtures, --funcargs
Show available fixtures, sorted by plugin appearance (fixtures with leading '_' are only shown
with '-v')
--fixtures-per-test Show fixtures per test
--pdb Start the interactive Python debugger on errors or KeyboardInterrupt
--pdbcls=modulename:classname
Specify a custom interactive Python debugger for use with --pdb.For example:
--pdbcls=IPython.terminal.debugger:TerminalPdb
--trace Immediately break when running each test
--capture=method Per-test capturing method: one of fd|sys|no|tee-sys
-s Shortcut for --capture=no
--runxfail Report the results of xfail tests as if they were not marked
--lf, --last-failed Rerun only the tests that failed at the last run (or all if none failed)
--ff, --failed-first Run all tests, but run the last failures first. This may re-order tests and thus lead to
repeated fixture setup/teardown.
--nf, --new-first Run tests from new files first, then the rest of the tests sorted by file mtime
--cache-show=[CACHESHOW]
Show cache contents, don't perform collection or tests. Optional argument: glob (default:
'*').
--cache-clear Remove all cache contents at start of test run
--lfnf={all,none}, --last-failed-no-failures={all,none}
With ``--lf``, determines whether to execute tests when there are no previously (known)
failures or when no cached ``lastfailed`` data was found. ``all`` (the default) runs the full
test suite again. ``none`` just emits a message about no known failures and exits
successfully.
--sw, --stepwise Exit on test failure and continue from last failing test next time
--sw-skip, --stepwise-skip
Ignore the first failing test but stop on the next failing test. Implicitly enables
--stepwise.
Reporting:
--durations=N Show N slowest setup/test durations (N=0 for all)
--durations-min=N Minimal duration in seconds for inclusion in slowest list. Default: 0.005.
-v, --verbose Increase verbosity
--no-header Disable header
--no-summary Disable summary
-q, --quiet Decrease verbosity
--verbosity=VERBOSE Set verbosity. Default: 0.
-r chars Show extra test summary info as specified by chars: (f)ailed, (E)rror, (s)kipped, (x)failed,
(X)passed, (p)assed, (P)assed with output, (a)ll except passed (p/P), or (A)ll. (w)arnings are
enabled by default (see --disable-warnings), 'N' can be used to reset the list. (default:
'fE').
--disable-warnings, --disable-pytest-warnings
Disable warnings summary
-l, --showlocals Show locals in tracebacks (disabled by default)
--no-showlocals Hide locals in tracebacks (negate --showlocals passed through addopts)
--tb=style Traceback print mode (auto/long/short/line/native/no)
--show-capture={no,stdout,stderr,log,all}
Controls how captured stdout/stderr/log is shown on failed tests. Default: all.
--full-trace Don't cut any tracebacks (default is to cut)
--color=color Color terminal output (yes/no/auto)
--code-highlight={yes,no}
Whether code should be highlighted (only if --color is also enabled). Default: yes.
--pastebin=mode Send failed|all info to bpaste.net pastebin service
--junit-xml=path Create junit-xml style report file at given path
--junit-prefix=str Prepend prefix to classnames in junit-xml output
pytest-warnings:
-W PYTHONWARNINGS, --pythonwarnings=PYTHONWARNINGS
Set which warnings to report, see -W option of Python itself
--maxfail=num Exit after first num failures or errors
--strict-config Any warnings encountered while parsing the `pytest` section of the configuration file raise
errors
--strict-markers Markers not registered in the `markers` section of the configuration file raise errors
--strict (Deprecated) alias to --strict-markers
-c FILE, --config-file=FILE
Load configuration from `FILE` instead of trying to locate one of the implicit configuration
files.
--continue-on-collection-errors
Force test execution even if collection errors occur
--rootdir=ROOTDIR Define root directory for tests. Can be relative path: 'root_dir', './root_dir',
'root_dir/another_dir/'; absolute path: '/home/user/root_dir'; path with variables:
'$HOME/root_dir'.
collection:
--collect-only, --co Only collect tests, don't execute them
--pyargs Try to interpret all arguments as Python packages
--ignore=path Ignore path during collection (multi-allowed)
--ignore-glob=path Ignore path pattern during collection (multi-allowed)
--deselect=nodeid_prefix
Deselect item (via node id prefix) during collection (multi-allowed)
--confcutdir=dir Only load conftest.py's relative to specified dir
--noconftest Don't load any conftest.py files
--keep-duplicates Keep duplicate tests
--collect-in-virtualenv
Don't ignore tests in a local virtualenv directory
--import-mode={prepend,append,importlib}
Prepend/append to sys.path when importing test modules and conftest files. Default: prepend.
--doctest-modules Run doctests in all .py modules
--doctest-report={none,cdiff,ndiff,udiff,only_first_failure}
Choose another output format for diffs on doctest failure
--doctest-glob=pat Doctests file matching pattern, default: test*.txt
--doctest-ignore-import-errors
Ignore doctest ImportErrors
--doctest-continue-on-failure
For a given doctest, continue to run after the first failure
test session debugging and configuration:
--basetemp=dir Base temporary directory for this test run. (Warning: this directory is removed if it exists.)
-V, --version Display pytest version and information about plugins. When given twice, also display
information about plugins.
-h, --help Show help message and configuration info
-p name Early-load given plugin module name or entry point (multi-allowed). To avoid loading of
plugins, use the `no:` prefix, e.g. `no:doctest`.
--trace-config Trace considerations of conftest.py files
--debug=[DEBUG_FILE_NAME]
Store internal tracing debug information in this log file. This file is opened with 'w' and
truncated as a result, care advised. Default: pytestdebug.log.
-o OVERRIDE_INI, --override-ini=OVERRIDE_INI
Override ini option with "option=value" style, e.g. `-o xfail_strict=True -o cache_dir=cache`.
--assert=MODE Control assertion debugging tools.
'plain' performs no assertion debugging.
'rewrite' (the default) rewrites assert statements in test modules on import to provide assert
expression information.
--setup-only Only setup fixtures, do not execute tests
--setup-show Show setup of fixtures while executing tests
--setup-plan Show what fixtures and tests would be executed but don't execute anything
logging:
--log-level=LEVEL Level of messages to catch/display. Not set by default, so it depends on the root/parent log
handler's effective level, where it is "WARNING" by default.
--log-format=LOG_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-date-format=LOG_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-cli-level=LOG_CLI_LEVEL
CLI logging level
--log-cli-format=LOG_CLI_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-cli-date-format=LOG_CLI_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-file=LOG_FILE Path to a file when logging will be written to
--log-file-level=LOG_FILE_LEVEL
Log file logging level
--log-file-format=LOG_FILE_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-file-date-format=LOG_FILE_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-auto-indent=LOG_AUTO_INDENT
Auto-indent multiline messages passed to the logging module. Accepts true|on, false|off or an
integer.
--log-disable=LOGGER_DISABLE
Disable a logger by name. Can be passed multiple times.
[pytest] ini-options in the first pytest.ini|tox.ini|setup.cfg|pyproject.toml file found:
markers (linelist): Markers for test functions
empty_parameter_set_mark (string):
Default marker for empty parametersets
norecursedirs (args): Directory patterns to avoid for recursion
testpaths (args): Directories to search for tests when no files or directories are given on the command line
filterwarnings (linelist):
Each line specifies a pattern for warnings.filterwarnings. Processed after
-W/--pythonwarnings.
usefixtures (args): List of default fixtures to be used with this project
python_files (args): Glob-style file patterns for Python test module discovery
python_classes (args):
Prefixes or glob names for Python test class discovery
python_functions (args):
Prefixes or glob names for Python test function and method discovery
disable_test_id_escaping_and_forfeit_all_rights_to_community_support (bool):
Disable string escape non-ASCII characters, might cause unwanted side effects(use at your own
risk)
console_output_style (string):
Console output: "classic", or with additional progress information ("progress" (percentage) |
"count" | "progress-even-when-capture-no" (forces progress even when capture=no)
xfail_strict (bool): Default for the strict parameter of xfail markers when not given explicitly (default: False)
tmp_path_retention_count (string):
How many sessions should we keep the `tmp_path` directories, according to
`tmp_path_retention_policy`.
tmp_path_retention_policy (string):
Controls which directories created by the `tmp_path` fixture are kept around, based on test
outcome. (all/failed/none)
enable_assertion_pass_hook (bool):
Enables the pytest_assertion_pass hook. Make sure to delete any previously generated pyc cache
files.
junit_suite_name (string):
Test suite name for JUnit report
junit_logging (string):
Write captured log messages to JUnit report: one of no|log|system-out|system-err|out-err|all
junit_log_passing_tests (bool):
Capture log information for passing tests to JUnit report:
junit_duration_report (string):
Duration time to report: one of total|call
junit_family (string):
Emit XML for schema: one of legacy|xunit1|xunit2
doctest_optionflags (args):
Option flags for doctests
doctest_encoding (string):
Encoding used for doctest files
cache_dir (string): Cache directory path
log_level (string): Default value for --log-level
log_format (string): Default value for --log-format
log_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-date-format
log_cli (bool): Enable log display during test run (also known as "live logging")
log_cli_level (string):
Default value for --log-cli-level
log_cli_format (string):
Default value for --log-cli-format
log_cli_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-cli-date-format
log_file (string): Default value for --log-file
log_file_level (string):
Default value for --log-file-level
log_file_format (string):
Default value for --log-file-format
log_file_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-file-date-format
log_auto_indent (string):
Default value for --log-auto-indent
pythonpath (paths): Add paths to sys.path
faulthandler_timeout (string):
Dump the traceback of all threads if a test takes more than TIMEOUT seconds to finish
addopts (args): Extra command line options
minversion (string): Minimally required pytest version
required_plugins (args):
Plugins that must be present for pytest to run
Environment variables:
PYTEST_ADDOPTS Extra command line options
PYTEST_PLUGINS Comma-separated plugins to load during startup
PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD Set to disable plugin auto-loading
PYTEST_DEBUG Set to enable debug tracing of pytest's internals
to see available markers type: pytest --markers
to see available fixtures type: pytest --fixtures
(shown according to specified file_or_dir or current dir if not specified; fixtures with leading '_' are only shown with the '-v' option