how to configure python test with custom arguments

Question

i am trying to write test for external application

and i want to be able to configure them

is there any tool, that allows run 'PYTEST'?

--my-custom-argument 42 --app-host some_host --etc

and later in test use those custom arguments

or i can use another way to configure such things?

Does this answer your question? [How to pass arguments in pytest by command line](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40880259/how-to-pass-arguments-in-pytest-by-command-line) — pptaszni, Jan 22 '20 at 16:05

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '20 at 15:12

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if you are already using conftest.py you should be able to do something like:

def pytest_addoption(parser):
    parser.addoption(
        "--cmdopt", action="store", default="type1", help="my option: type1 or type2"
    )

this is a good place to get started: pytest documentation

answered Jan 22 '20 at 15:12

G.Borella

thanks! since thene is no annotation above pytest_addoption i missundestod that – kebox49902 Jan 22 '20 at 15:21

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