when calling pytes.main([pathto\conftest.py tests\testsuite1.py::test1]) pytest_runtest_makereport doestn gets called

[jgzzzz]

so as the title says it, I want to use a conftest.py outside from the tests folder where I customize the html report. Unfortunatly the pytest_runtest_makereport doesnt get called.

When the conftest.py is inside the tests folder then: pytest_runtest_makereport gets called as expected. This is my function:

@pytest.hookimpl(tryfirst=True, hookwrapper=True)
def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
    global ADD_LOGOS
    pytest_html = item.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("html")
    outcome = yield

    # getting the docstrings from functions
    report = outcome.get_result()
    report.description = str(item.function.__doc__)
    test_fn = item.obj
    docstring = getattr(test_fn, '__doc__')
    if docstring:
        report.nodeid = docstring

Have I done something wrong with the decorator? Thanks for any hints

[BeyondEvil]

Any idea here @RonnyPfannschmidt ?

I'd say this is a question for pytest, and not this plugin.

Note that pytest_html = item.config.pluginmanager.getplugin("html") will have a different behavior in version 4.0 depending on how you're using it.

It doesn't seem used in the provided snippet.

[jgzzzz]

Yes, I did not include the part of the function that was not related to my question.

[RonnyPfannschmidt]

the general suggestion for when you want to use plugin code outside of a conftet is to make it a normal python module that a conftest could load as plugin

[jgzzzz]

ok, thanks for the reply. Could you please point me to some examples on how to do that? thanks

[jgzzzz]

if anybody is ever interested in knowing the solution, I reused code from this post:
https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist/issues/79?ref=pythonrepo.com
and now pytest_runtest_makereport on my conftest.py gets called, the code looks like this:

def pytest_configure(config):
    config._foo = FooBar()
    config.pluginmanager.register(config._foo)


def pytest_unconfigure(config):
    foo = getattr(config, '_foo', None)
    if foo:
        del config._foo
        config.pluginmanager.unregister(foo)


class FooBar(object):
    # add docstrings from test cases to reports
    @pytest.hookimpl(tryfirst=True, hookwrapper=True)
    def pytest_runtest_makereport(self, item, call):
        outcome = yield

        # getting the docstrings from functions, run at test set up
        report = outcome.get_result()
        report.description = str(item.function.__doc__)
        test_fn = item.obj
        docstring = getattr(test_fn, '__doc__')
        if docstring:
            report.nodeid = docstring

[BeyondEvil]

Thanks for sharing!