pytest Quick Start Guide

Fixtures as test-supporting code

You should think of fixtures not only as a means of providing resources, but also of providing supporting code for your tests. By supporting code, I mean classes that provide high-level functionality for testing.

For example, a bot framework might provide a fixture that can be used to test your bot as a black box:

def test_hello(bot):    reply = bot.say("hello")    assert reply.text == "Hey, how can I help you?"def test_store_deploy_token(bot):    assert bot.store["TEST"]["token"] is None    reply = bot.say("my token is ASLKM8KJAN")    assert reply.text == "OK, your token was saved"    assert bot.store["TEST"]["token"] == "ASLKM8KJAN"

The bot fixture allows the developer to talk to the bot, verify responses, and check the contents ...