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What are target fixtures used for?

@given("employees informations are added", target_fixture="information_db")
def ensure_employees_informations_added(): 
    return [_get_employee_information()]

My question is will the returned list be saved in "information_db" ? (I am new with working with pytest )

Solution

  • Looks like you are using pytest-bdd plugin in additional to bare pytest.

    The plugin's documentation can be found at https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-bdd

    Long story short, yes. The returned list will be saved under information_db name.

    The next clause can access it by putting the target fixture's name into a list of the function's arguments:

    @given("check employee")
def check_employee(information_db): 
    assert information_db[0]['skill'] == 42