
.. _`mark examples`:

Working with custom markers
=================================================

Here are some examples using the :ref:`mark` mechanism.

.. _`mark run`:

Marking test functions and selecting them for a run
----------------------------------------------------

You can "mark" a test function with custom metadata like this:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of test_server.py

    import pytest


    @pytest.mark.webtest
    def test_send_http():
        pass  # perform some webtest test for your app


    @pytest.mark.device(serial="123")
    def test_something_quick():
        pass


    @pytest.mark.device(serial="abc")
    def test_another():
        pass


    class TestClass:
        def test_method(self):
            pass



You can then restrict a test run to only run tests marked with ``webtest``:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -v -m webtest
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 4 items / 3 deselected / 1 selected

    test_server.py::test_send_http PASSED                                [100%]

    ===================== 1 passed, 3 deselected in 0.12s ======================

Or the inverse, running all tests except the webtest ones:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -v -m "not webtest"
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 4 items / 1 deselected / 3 selected

    test_server.py::test_something_quick PASSED                          [ 33%]
    test_server.py::test_another PASSED                                  [ 66%]
    test_server.py::TestClass::test_method PASSED                        [100%]

    ===================== 3 passed, 1 deselected in 0.12s ======================

.. _`marker_keyword_expression_example`:

Additionally, you can restrict a test run to only run tests matching one or multiple marker
keyword arguments, e.g. to run only tests marked with ``device`` and the specific ``serial="123"``:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -v -m "device(serial='123')"
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 4 items / 3 deselected / 1 selected

    test_server.py::test_something_quick PASSED                          [100%]

    ===================== 1 passed, 3 deselected in 0.12s ======================

.. note:: Only keyword argument matching is supported in marker expressions.

.. note:: Only :class:`int`, (unescaped) :class:`str`, :class:`bool` & :data:`None` values are supported in marker expressions.

Selecting tests based on their node ID
--------------------------------------

You can provide one or more :ref:`node IDs <node-id>` as positional
arguments to select only specified tests. This makes it easy to select
tests based on their module, class, method, or function name:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -v test_server.py::TestClass::test_method
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 1 item

    test_server.py::TestClass::test_method PASSED                        [100%]

    ============================ 1 passed in 0.12s =============================

You can also select on the class:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -v test_server.py::TestClass
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 1 item

    test_server.py::TestClass::test_method PASSED                        [100%]

    ============================ 1 passed in 0.12s =============================

Or select multiple nodes:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -v test_server.py::TestClass test_server.py::test_send_http
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 2 items

    test_server.py::TestClass::test_method PASSED                        [ 50%]
    test_server.py::test_send_http PASSED                                [100%]

    ============================ 2 passed in 0.12s =============================

.. _node-id:

.. note::

    Node IDs are of the form ``module.py::class::method`` or
    ``module.py::function``.  Node IDs control which tests are
    collected, so ``module.py::class`` will select all test methods
    on the class.  Nodes are also created for each parameter of a
    parametrized fixture or test, so selecting a parametrized test
    must include the parameter value, e.g.
    ``module.py::function[param]``.

    Node IDs for failing tests are displayed in the test summary info
    when running pytest with the ``-rf`` option.  You can also
    construct Node IDs from the output of ``pytest --collect-only``.

Using ``-k expr`` to select tests based on their name
-------------------------------------------------------

.. versionadded:: 2.0/2.3.4

You can use the :option:`-k` command line option to specify an expression
which implements a substring match on the test names instead of the
exact match on markers that :option:`-m` provides.  This makes it easy to
select tests based on their names:

.. versionchanged:: 5.4

The expression matching is now case-insensitive.

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -v -k http  # running with the above defined example module
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 4 items / 3 deselected / 1 selected

    test_server.py::test_send_http PASSED                                [100%]

    ===================== 1 passed, 3 deselected in 0.12s ======================

And you can also run all tests except the ones that match the keyword:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -k "not send_http" -v
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 4 items / 1 deselected / 3 selected

    test_server.py::test_something_quick PASSED                          [ 33%]
    test_server.py::test_another PASSED                                  [ 66%]
    test_server.py::TestClass::test_method PASSED                        [100%]

    ===================== 3 passed, 1 deselected in 0.12s ======================

Or to select "http" and "quick" tests:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -k "http or quick" -v
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y -- $PYTHON_PREFIX/bin/python
    cachedir: .pytest_cache
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collecting ... collected 4 items / 2 deselected / 2 selected

    test_server.py::test_send_http PASSED                                [ 50%]
    test_server.py::test_something_quick PASSED                          [100%]

    ===================== 2 passed, 2 deselected in 0.12s ======================

You can use ``and``, ``or``, ``not`` and parentheses.


In addition to the test's name, :option:`-k` also matches the names of the test's parents (usually, the name of the file and class it's in),
attributes set on the test function, markers applied to it or its parents and any :attr:`extra keywords <_pytest.nodes.Node.extra_keyword_matches>`
explicitly added to it or its parents.


Registering markers
-------------------------------------



.. ini-syntax for custom markers:

Registering markers for your test suite is simple:

.. code-block:: toml

    # content of pytest.toml
    [pytest]
    markers = ["webtest: mark a test as a webtest.", "slow: mark test as slow."]

Multiple custom markers can be registered, by defining each one in its own line, as shown in above example.

You can ask which markers exist for your test suite - the list includes our just defined ``webtest`` and ``slow`` markers:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest --markers
    @pytest.mark.webtest: mark a test as a webtest.

    @pytest.mark.slow: mark test as slow.

    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings(warning): add a warning filter to the given test. see https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/capture-warnings.html#pytest-mark-filterwarnings

    @pytest.mark.skip(reason=None): skip the given test function with an optional reason. Example: skip(reason="no way of currently testing this") skips the test.

    @pytest.mark.skipif(condition, ..., *, reason=...): skip the given test function if any of the conditions evaluate to True. Example: skipif(sys.platform == 'win32') skips the test if we are on the win32 platform. See https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/reference/reference.html#pytest-mark-skipif

    @pytest.mark.xfail(condition, ..., *, reason=..., run=True, raises=None, strict=strict_xfail): mark the test function as an expected failure if any of the conditions evaluate to True. Optionally specify a reason for better reporting and run=False if you don't even want to execute the test function. If only specific exception(s) are expected, you can list them in raises, and if the test fails in other ways, it will be reported as a true failure. See https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/reference/reference.html#pytest-mark-xfail

    @pytest.mark.parametrize(argnames, argvalues): call a test function multiple times passing in different arguments in turn. argvalues generally needs to be a list of values if argnames specifies only one name or a list of tuples of values if argnames specifies multiple names. Example: @parametrize('arg1', [1,2]) would lead to two calls of the decorated test function, one with arg1=1 and another with arg1=2.see https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/parametrize.html for more info and examples.

    @pytest.mark.usefixtures(fixturename1, fixturename2, ...): mark tests as needing all of the specified fixtures. see https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/explanation/fixtures.html#usefixtures

    @pytest.mark.tryfirst: mark a hook implementation function such that the plugin machinery will try to call it first/as early as possible. DEPRECATED, use @pytest.hookimpl(tryfirst=True) instead.

    @pytest.mark.trylast: mark a hook implementation function such that the plugin machinery will try to call it last/as late as possible. DEPRECATED, use @pytest.hookimpl(trylast=True) instead.


For an example on how to add and work with markers from a plugin, see
:ref:`adding a custom marker from a plugin`.

.. note::

    It is recommended to explicitly register markers so that:

    * There is one place in your test suite defining your markers

    * Asking for existing markers via ``pytest --markers`` gives good output

    * Typos in function markers are treated as an error if you use the :confval:`strict_markers` configuration option.

.. _`scoped-marking`:

Marking whole classes or modules
----------------------------------------------------

You may use ``pytest.mark`` decorators with classes to apply markers to all of
its test methods:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of test_mark_classlevel.py
    import pytest


    @pytest.mark.webtest
    class TestClass:
        def test_startup(self):
            pass

        def test_startup_and_more(self):
            pass

This is equivalent to directly applying the decorator to the
two test functions.

To apply marks at the module level, use the :globalvar:`pytestmark` global variable::

    import pytest
    pytestmark = pytest.mark.webtest

or multiple markers::

    pytestmark = [pytest.mark.webtest, pytest.mark.slowtest]


Due to legacy reasons, before class decorators were introduced, it is possible to set the
:globalvar:`pytestmark` attribute on a test class like this:

.. code-block:: python

    import pytest


    class TestClass:
        pytestmark = pytest.mark.webtest

.. _`marking individual tests when using parametrize`:

Marking individual tests when using parametrize
-----------------------------------------------

When using parametrize, applying a mark will make it apply
to each individual test. However it is also possible to
apply a marker to an individual test instance:

.. code-block:: python

    import pytest


    @pytest.mark.foo
    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
        ("n", "expected"), [(1, 2), pytest.param(1, 3, marks=pytest.mark.bar), (2, 3)]
    )
    def test_increment(n, expected):
        assert n + 1 == expected

In this example the mark "foo" will apply to each of the three
tests, whereas the "bar" mark is only applied to the second test.
Skip and xfail marks can also be applied in this way, see :ref:`skip/xfail with parametrize`.

.. _`adding a custom marker from a plugin`:

Custom marker and command line option to control test runs
----------------------------------------------------------

.. regendoc:wipe

Plugins can provide custom markers and implement specific behaviour
based on it. This is a self-contained example which adds a command
line option and a parametrized test function marker to run tests
specified via named environments:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of conftest.py

    import pytest


    def pytest_addoption(parser):
        parser.addoption(
            "-E",
            action="store",
            metavar="NAME",
            help="only run tests matching the environment NAME.",
        )


    def pytest_configure(config):
        # register an additional marker
        config.addinivalue_line(
            "markers", "env(name): mark test to run only on named environment"
        )


    def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
        envnames = [mark.args[0] for mark in item.iter_markers(name="env")]
        if envnames:
            if item.config.getoption("-E") not in envnames:
                pytest.skip(f"test requires env in {envnames!r}")

A test file using this local plugin:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of test_someenv.py

    import pytest


    @pytest.mark.env("stage1")
    def test_basic_db_operation():
        pass

and an example invocation specifying a different environment than what
the test needs:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -E stage2
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 1 item

    test_someenv.py s                                                    [100%]

    ============================ 1 skipped in 0.12s ============================

and here is one that specifies exactly the environment needed:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -E stage1
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 1 item

    test_someenv.py .                                                    [100%]

    ============================ 1 passed in 0.12s =============================

The :option:`--markers` option always gives you a list of available markers:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest --markers
    @pytest.mark.env(name): mark test to run only on named environment

    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings(warning): add a warning filter to the given test. see https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/capture-warnings.html#pytest-mark-filterwarnings

    @pytest.mark.skip(reason=None): skip the given test function with an optional reason. Example: skip(reason="no way of currently testing this") skips the test.

    @pytest.mark.skipif(condition, ..., *, reason=...): skip the given test function if any of the conditions evaluate to True. Example: skipif(sys.platform == 'win32') skips the test if we are on the win32 platform. See https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/reference/reference.html#pytest-mark-skipif

    @pytest.mark.xfail(condition, ..., *, reason=..., run=True, raises=None, strict=strict_xfail): mark the test function as an expected failure if any of the conditions evaluate to True. Optionally specify a reason for better reporting and run=False if you don't even want to execute the test function. If only specific exception(s) are expected, you can list them in raises, and if the test fails in other ways, it will be reported as a true failure. See https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/reference/reference.html#pytest-mark-xfail

    @pytest.mark.parametrize(argnames, argvalues): call a test function multiple times passing in different arguments in turn. argvalues generally needs to be a list of values if argnames specifies only one name or a list of tuples of values if argnames specifies multiple names. Example: @parametrize('arg1', [1,2]) would lead to two calls of the decorated test function, one with arg1=1 and another with arg1=2.see https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/how-to/parametrize.html for more info and examples.

    @pytest.mark.usefixtures(fixturename1, fixturename2, ...): mark tests as needing all of the specified fixtures. see https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/explanation/fixtures.html#usefixtures

    @pytest.mark.tryfirst: mark a hook implementation function such that the plugin machinery will try to call it first/as early as possible. DEPRECATED, use @pytest.hookimpl(tryfirst=True) instead.

    @pytest.mark.trylast: mark a hook implementation function such that the plugin machinery will try to call it last/as late as possible. DEPRECATED, use @pytest.hookimpl(trylast=True) instead.


.. _`passing callables to custom markers`:

Passing a callable to custom markers
--------------------------------------------

.. regendoc:wipe

Below is the config file that will be used in the next examples:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of conftest.py
    import sys


    def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
        for marker in item.iter_markers(name="my_marker"):
            print(marker)
            sys.stdout.flush()

A custom marker can have its argument set, i.e. ``args`` and ``kwargs`` properties, defined by either invoking it as a callable or using ``pytest.mark.MARKER_NAME.with_args``. These two methods achieve the same effect most of the time.

However, if there is a callable as the single positional argument with no keyword arguments, using the ``pytest.mark.MARKER_NAME(c)`` will not pass ``c`` as a positional argument but decorate ``c`` with the custom marker (see :ref:`MarkDecorator <mark>`). Fortunately, ``pytest.mark.MARKER_NAME.with_args`` comes to the rescue:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of test_custom_marker.py
    import pytest


    def hello_world(*args, **kwargs):
        return "Hello World"


    @pytest.mark.my_marker.with_args(hello_world)
    def test_with_args():
        pass

The output is as follows:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -q -s
    Mark(name='my_marker', args=(<function hello_world at 0xdeadbeef0001>,), kwargs={})
    .
    1 passed in 0.12s

We can see that the custom marker has its argument set extended with the function ``hello_world``. This is the key difference between creating a custom marker as a callable, which invokes ``__call__`` behind the scenes, and using ``with_args``.


Reading markers which were set from multiple places
----------------------------------------------------

.. versionadded: 2.2.2

.. regendoc:wipe

If you are heavily using markers in your test suite you may encounter the case where a marker is applied several times to a test function.  From plugin
code you can read over all such settings.  Example:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of test_mark_three_times.py
    import pytest

    pytestmark = pytest.mark.glob("module", x=1)


    @pytest.mark.glob("class", x=2)
    class TestClass:
        @pytest.mark.glob("function", x=3)
        def test_something(self):
            pass

Here we have the marker "glob" applied three times to the same
test function.  From a conftest file we can read it like this:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of conftest.py
    import sys


    def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
        for mark in item.iter_markers(name="glob"):
            print(f"glob args={mark.args} kwargs={mark.kwargs}")
            sys.stdout.flush()

Let's run this without capturing output and see what we get:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -q -s
    glob args=('function',) kwargs={'x': 3}
    glob args=('class',) kwargs={'x': 2}
    glob args=('module',) kwargs={'x': 1}
    .
    1 passed in 0.12s

Marking platform specific tests with pytest
--------------------------------------------------------------

.. regendoc:wipe

Consider you have a test suite which marks tests for particular platforms,
namely ``pytest.mark.darwin``, ``pytest.mark.win32`` etc. and you
also have tests that run on all platforms and have no specific
marker.  If you now want to have a way to only run the tests
for your particular platform, you could use the following plugin:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of conftest.py
    #
    import sys

    import pytest

    ALL = set("darwin linux win32".split())


    def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
        supported_platforms = ALL.intersection(mark.name for mark in item.iter_markers())
        plat = sys.platform
        if supported_platforms and plat not in supported_platforms:
            pytest.skip(f"cannot run on platform {plat}")

then tests will be skipped if they were specified for a different platform.
Let's do a little test file to show how this looks like:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of test_plat.py

    import pytest


    @pytest.mark.darwin
    def test_if_apple_is_evil():
        pass


    @pytest.mark.linux
    def test_if_linux_works():
        pass


    @pytest.mark.win32
    def test_if_win32_crashes():
        pass


    def test_runs_everywhere():
        pass

then you will see two tests skipped and two executed tests as expected:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -rs # this option reports skip reasons
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 4 items

    test_plat.py s.s.                                                    [100%]

    ========================= short test summary info ==========================
    SKIPPED [2] conftest.py:13: cannot run on platform linux
    ======================= 2 passed, 2 skipped in 0.12s =======================

Note that if you specify a platform via the marker-command line option like this:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -m linux
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 4 items / 3 deselected / 1 selected

    test_plat.py .                                                       [100%]

    ===================== 1 passed, 3 deselected in 0.12s ======================

then the unmarked-tests will not be run.  It is thus a way to restrict the run to the specific tests.

Automatically adding markers based on test names
--------------------------------------------------------

.. regendoc:wipe

If you have a test suite where test function names indicate a certain
type of test, you can implement a hook that automatically defines
markers so that you can use the :option:`-m` option with it. Let's look
at this test module:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of test_module.py


    def test_interface_simple():
        assert 0


    def test_interface_complex():
        assert 0


    def test_event_simple():
        assert 0


    def test_something_else():
        assert 0

We want to dynamically define two markers and can do it in a
``conftest.py`` plugin:

.. code-block:: python

    # content of conftest.py

    import pytest


    def pytest_collection_modifyitems(items):
        for item in items:
            if "interface" in item.nodeid:
                item.add_marker(pytest.mark.interface)
            elif "event" in item.nodeid:
                item.add_marker(pytest.mark.event)

We can now use the ``-m option`` to select one set:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -m interface --tb=short
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 4 items / 2 deselected / 2 selected

    test_module.py FF                                                    [100%]

    ================================= FAILURES =================================
    __________________________ test_interface_simple ___________________________
    test_module.py:4: in test_interface_simple
        assert 0
    E   assert 0
    __________________________ test_interface_complex __________________________
    test_module.py:8: in test_interface_complex
        assert 0
    E   assert 0
    ========================= short test summary info ==========================
    FAILED test_module.py::test_interface_simple - assert 0
    FAILED test_module.py::test_interface_complex - assert 0
    ===================== 2 failed, 2 deselected in 0.12s ======================

or to select both "event" and "interface" tests:

.. code-block:: pytest

    $ pytest -m "interface or event" --tb=short
    =========================== test session starts ============================
    platform linux -- Python 3.x.y, pytest-9.x.y, pluggy-1.x.y
    rootdir: /home/sweet/project
    collected 4 items / 1 deselected / 3 selected

    test_module.py FFF                                                   [100%]

    ================================= FAILURES =================================
    __________________________ test_interface_simple ___________________________
    test_module.py:4: in test_interface_simple
        assert 0
    E   assert 0
    __________________________ test_interface_complex __________________________
    test_module.py:8: in test_interface_complex
        assert 0
    E   assert 0
    ____________________________ test_event_simple _____________________________
    test_module.py:12: in test_event_simple
        assert 0
    E   assert 0
    ========================= short test summary info ==========================
    FAILED test_module.py::test_interface_simple - assert 0
    FAILED test_module.py::test_interface_complex - assert 0
    FAILED test_module.py::test_event_simple - assert 0
    ===================== 3 failed, 1 deselected in 0.12s ======================
