How to set unchangeable path for log file

Question

I have test files with different nesting level. For example:

/project/tests/flows/test_flow_1.py

/project/tests/orders/reports/test_reports.py

My setting for log path in pytest.ini is log_file = logs/tests.log

But pytest creates the directory 'logs' in each test directory.

Also I tried to set it in conftest.py file but then the log file just is not created:

def logs_path(request):
    path = request.config.rootdir
    logging.basicConfig(filename=os.path.join(path, 'tests.log'))

How can I set this creating only one time in the root project directory?

Answer 1

I tried to duplicate your tests with this directory structure:

├── flow
│   └── test_flow.py
├── logs
│   └── my.log
├── orders
│   └── reports
│       └── test_reports.py
└── pytest.ini

pytest.ini:

[pytest]
log_cli = 1
log_cli_level = INFO
log_file = logs/my.log
log_file_level = DEBUG

At the level where pyest.ini is, I invoke pytest:

$ pytest
...
collected 2 items

flow/test_flow.py::test_flow
------------------------------------ live log call -------------------------------------
INFO     root:test_flow.py:3 in test flow
PASSED                                                                           [ 50%]
orders/reports/test_reports.py::test_reports
------------------------------------ live log call -------------------------------------
INFO     root:test_reports.py:5 in test reports
PASSED                                                                           [100%]

================================== 2 passed in 0.01s ===================================

With these settings, I only see a single logs/my.log file and its content is:

INFO     root:test_flow.py:3 in test flow
INFO     root:test_reports.py:5 in test reports

Please check your settings, how you invoke the tests, and where you invoke it.