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pytest Testing

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Expert pytest framework for Python unit, integration, and functional testing

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pytest Testing Skill

Overview

This skill provides expert-level capabilities for pytest-based testing, enabling comprehensive Python testing with fixtures, parametrization, and plugin integration.

Capabilities

Test Execution

  • Configure pytest with fixtures and markers
  • Execute tests with coverage collection
  • Parallel execution with pytest-xdist
  • Selective test running with markers and keywords

Fixture Management

  • Design reusable fixtures
  • Configure fixture scopes (function, class, module, session)
  • Implement fixture factories

Parametrization

  • Generate parametrized test cases
  • Data-driven testing patterns
  • Combine multiple parameter sets

Plugin Integration

  • Configure pytest plugins
  • Coverage integration with pytest-cov
  • HTML and JUnit XML report generation
  • Custom plugin development

Framework Integration

  • Django test client integration
  • Flask testing patterns
  • FastAPI test client usage

Target Processes

  • automation-framework.js - Test framework setup
  • api-testing.js - API test implementation
  • continuous-testing.js - CI/CD integration
  • shift-left-testing.js - Early testing integration

Dependencies

  • pytest - Test framework
  • pytest-cov - Coverage plugin
  • pytest-xdist - Parallel execution
  • pytest-html - HTML reports

Usage Example

{
  kind: 'skill',
  skill: {
    name: 'pytest-testing',
    context: {
      action: 'execute-tests',
      testPath: 'tests/',
      markers: ['unit', 'integration'],
      coverage: true,
      parallel: 4
    }
  }
}

Configuration

The skill respects pytest.ini, pyproject.toml, or setup.cfg configuration and can override settings as needed.