Command-line Flags ​
All the command-line flags can be obtained by running pytest --help:
shell
$ pytest --help
usage: pytest [options] [file_or_dir] [file_or_dir] [...]
positional arguments:
file_or_dir
general:
-k EXPRESSION Only run tests which match the given substring
expression. An expression is a Python evaluatable
expression where all names are substring-matched
against test names and their parent classes.
Example: -k 'test_method or test_other' matches all
test functions and classes whose name contains
'test_method' or 'test_other', while -k 'not
test_method' matches those that don't contain
'test_method' in their names. -k 'not test_method
and not test_other' will eliminate the matches.
Additionally keywords are matched to classes and
functions containing extra names in their
'extra_keyword_matches' set, as well as functions
which have names assigned directly to them. The
matching is case-insensitive.
-m MARKEXPR Only run tests matching given mark expression. For
example: -m 'mark1 and not mark2'.
--markers show markers (builtin, plugin and per-project ones).
-x, --exitfirst Exit instantly on first error or failed test
--fixtures, --funcargs
Show available fixtures, sorted by plugin appearance
(fixtures with leading '_' are only shown with '-v')
--fixtures-per-test Show fixtures per test
--pdb Start the interactive Python debugger on errors or
KeyboardInterrupt
--pdbcls=modulename:classname
Specify a custom interactive Python debugger for use
with --pdb.For example:
--pdbcls=IPython.terminal.debugger:TerminalPdb
--trace Immediately break when running each test
--capture=method Per-test capturing method: one of fd|sys|no|tee-sys
-s Shortcut for --capture=no
--runxfail Report the results of xfail tests as if they were
not marked
--lf, --last-failed Rerun only the tests that failed at the last run (or
all if none failed)
--ff, --failed-first Run all tests, but run the last failures first. This
may re-order tests and thus lead to repeated fixture
setup/teardown.
--nf, --new-first Run tests from new files first, then the rest of the
tests sorted by file mtime
--cache-show=[CACHESHOW]
Show cache contents, don't perform collection or
tests. Optional argument: glob (default: '*').
--cache-clear Remove all cache contents at start of test run
--lfnf={all,none}, --last-failed-no-failures={all,none}
Which tests to run with no previously (known)
failures
--sw, --stepwise Exit on test failure and continue from last failing
test next time
--sw-skip, --stepwise-skip
Ignore the first failing test but stop on the next
failing test. Implicitly enables --stepwise.
Reporting:
--durations=N Show N slowest setup/test durations (N=0 for all)
--durations-min=N Minimal duration in seconds for inclusion in slowest
list. Default: 0.005.
-v, --verbose Increase verbosity
--no-header Disable header
--no-summary Disable summary
-q, --quiet Decrease verbosity
--verbosity=VERBOSE Set verbosity. Default: 0.
-r chars Show extra test summary info as specified by chars:
(f)ailed, (E)rror, (s)kipped, (x)failed, (X)passed,
(p)assed, (P)assed with output, (a)ll except passed
(p/P), or (A)ll. (w)arnings are enabled by default
(see --disable-warnings), 'N' can be used to reset
the list. (default: 'fE').
--disable-warnings, --disable-pytest-warnings
Disable warnings summary
-l, --showlocals Show locals in tracebacks (disabled by default)
--no-showlocals Hide locals in tracebacks (negate --showlocals
passed through addopts)
--tb=style Traceback print mode
(auto/long/short/line/native/no)
--show-capture={no,stdout,stderr,log,all}
Controls how captured stdout/stderr/log is shown on
failed tests. Default: all.
--full-trace Don't cut any tracebacks (default is to cut)
--color=color Color terminal output (yes/no/auto)
--code-highlight={yes,no}
Whether code should be highlighted (only if --color
is also enabled). Default: yes.
--pastebin=mode Send failed|all info to bpaste.net pastebin service
--junit-xml=path Create junit-xml style report file at given path
--junit-prefix=str Prepend prefix to classnames in junit-xml output
pytest-warnings:
-W PYTHONWARNINGS, --pythonwarnings=PYTHONWARNINGS
Set which warnings to report, see -W option of
Python itself
--maxfail=num Exit after first num failures or errors
--strict-config Any warnings encountered while parsing the `pytest`
section of the configuration file raise errors
--strict-markers Markers not registered in the `markers` section of
the configuration file raise errors
--strict (Deprecated) alias to --strict-markers
-c FILE, --config-file=FILE
Load configuration from `FILE` instead of trying to
locate one of the implicit configuration files.
--continue-on-collection-errors
Force test execution even if collection errors occur
--rootdir=ROOTDIR Define root directory for tests. Can be relative
path: 'root_dir', './root_dir',
'root_dir/another_dir/'; absolute path:
'/home/user/root_dir'; path with variables:
'$HOME/root_dir'.
collection:
--collect-only, --co Only collect tests, don't execute them
--pyargs Try to interpret all arguments as Python packages
--ignore=path Ignore path during collection (multi-allowed)
--ignore-glob=path Ignore path pattern during collection (multi-
allowed)
--deselect=nodeid_prefix
Deselect item (via node id prefix) during collection
(multi-allowed)
--confcutdir=dir Only load conftest.py's relative to specified dir
--noconftest Don't load any conftest.py files
--keep-duplicates Keep duplicate tests
--collect-in-virtualenv
Don't ignore tests in a local virtualenv directory
--import-mode={prepend,append,importlib}
Prepend/append to sys.path when importing test
modules and conftest files. Default: prepend.
--doctest-modules Run doctests in all .py modules
--doctest-report={none,cdiff,ndiff,udiff,only_first_failure}
Choose another output format for diffs on doctest
failure
--doctest-glob=pat Doctests file matching pattern, default: test*.txt
--doctest-ignore-import-errors
Ignore doctest ImportErrors
--doctest-continue-on-failure
For a given doctest, continue to run after the first
failure
test session debugging and configuration:
--basetemp=dir Base temporary directory for this test run.
(Warning: this directory is removed if it exists.)
-V, --version Display pytest version and information about
plugins. When given twice, also display information
about plugins.
-h, --help Show help message and configuration info
-p name Early-load given plugin module name or entry point
(multi-allowed). To avoid loading of plugins, use
the `no:` prefix, e.g. `no:doctest`.
--trace-config Trace considerations of conftest.py files
--debug=[DEBUG_FILE_NAME]
Store internal tracing debug information in this log
file. This file is opened with 'w' and truncated as
a result, care advised. Default: pytestdebug.log.
-o OVERRIDE_INI, --override-ini=OVERRIDE_INI
Override ini option with "option=value" style, e.g.
`-o xfail_strict=True -o cache_dir=cache`.
--assert=MODE Control assertion debugging tools.
'plain' performs no assertion debugging.
'rewrite' (the default) rewrites assert statements
in test modules on import to provide assert
expression information.
--setup-only Only setup fixtures, do not execute tests
--setup-show Show setup of fixtures while executing tests
--setup-plan Show what fixtures and tests would be executed but
don't execute anything
logging:
--log-level=LEVEL Level of messages to catch/display. Not set by
default, so it depends on the root/parent log
handler's effective level, where it is "WARNING" by
default.
--log-format=LOG_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-date-format=LOG_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-cli-level=LOG_CLI_LEVEL
CLI logging level
--log-cli-format=LOG_CLI_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-cli-date-format=LOG_CLI_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-file=LOG_FILE Path to a file when logging will be written to
--log-file-level=LOG_FILE_LEVEL
Log file logging level
--log-file-format=LOG_FILE_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-file-date-format=LOG_FILE_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-auto-indent=LOG_AUTO_INDENT
Auto-indent multiline messages passed to the logging
module. Accepts true|on, false|off or an integer.
--log-disable=LOGGER_DISABLE
Disable a logger by name. Can be passed multiple
times.
[pytest] ini-options in the first pytest.ini|tox.ini|setup.cfg|pyproject.toml file found:
markers (linelist): Markers for test functions
empty_parameter_set_mark (string):
Default marker for empty parametersets
norecursedirs (args): Directory patterns to avoid for recursion
testpaths (args): Directories to search for tests when no files or
directories are given on the command line
filterwarnings (linelist):
Each line specifies a pattern for
warnings.filterwarnings. Processed after
-W/--pythonwarnings.
usefixtures (args): List of default fixtures to be used with this
project
python_files (args): Glob-style file patterns for Python test module
discovery
python_classes (args):
Prefixes or glob names for Python test class
discovery
python_functions (args):
Prefixes or glob names for Python test function and
method discovery
disable_test_id_escaping_and_forfeit_all_rights_to_community_support (bool):
Disable string escape non-ASCII characters, might
cause unwanted side effects(use at your own risk)
console_output_style (string):
Console output: "classic", or with additional
progress information ("progress" (percentage) |
"count" | "progress-even-when-capture-no" (forces
progress even when capture=no)
xfail_strict (bool): Default for the strict parameter of xfail markers
when not given explicitly (default: False)
tmp_path_retention_count (string):
How many sessions should we keep the `tmp_path`
directories, according to
`tmp_path_retention_policy`.
tmp_path_retention_policy (string):
Controls which directories created by the `tmp_path`
fixture are kept around, based on test outcome.
(all/failed/none)
enable_assertion_pass_hook (bool):
Enables the pytest_assertion_pass hook. Make sure to
delete any previously generated pyc cache files.
junit_suite_name (string):
Test suite name for JUnit report
junit_logging (string):
Write captured log messages to JUnit report: one of
no|log|system-out|system-err|out-err|all
junit_log_passing_tests (bool):
Capture log information for passing tests to JUnit
report:
junit_duration_report (string):
Duration time to report: one of total|call
junit_family (string):
Emit XML for schema: one of legacy|xunit1|xunit2
doctest_optionflags (args):
Option flags for doctests
doctest_encoding (string):
Encoding used for doctest files
cache_dir (string): Cache directory path
log_level (string): Default value for --log-level
log_format (string): Default value for --log-format
log_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-date-format
log_cli (bool): Enable log display during test run (also known as
"live logging")
log_cli_level (string):
Default value for --log-cli-level
log_cli_format (string):
Default value for --log-cli-format
log_cli_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-cli-date-format
log_file (string): Default value for --log-file
log_file_level (string):
Default value for --log-file-level
log_file_format (string):
Default value for --log-file-format
log_file_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-file-date-format
log_auto_indent (string):
Default value for --log-auto-indent
pythonpath (paths): Add paths to sys.path
faulthandler_timeout (string):
Dump the traceback of all threads if a test takes
more than TIMEOUT seconds to finish
addopts (args): Extra command line options
minversion (string): Minimally required pytest version
required_plugins (args):
Plugins that must be present for pytest to run
Environment variables:
PYTEST_ADDOPTS Extra command line options
PYTEST_PLUGINS Comma-separated plugins to load during startup
PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD Set to disable plugin auto-loading
PYTEST_DEBUG Set to enable debug tracing of pytest's internals
to see available markers type: pytest --markers
to see available fixtures type: pytest --fixtures
(shown according to specified file_or_dir or current dir if not specified; fixtures with leading '_' are only shown with the '-v' option$ pytest --help
usage: pytest [options] [file_or_dir] [file_or_dir] [...]
positional arguments:
file_or_dir
general:
-k EXPRESSION Only run tests which match the given substring
expression. An expression is a Python evaluatable
expression where all names are substring-matched
against test names and their parent classes.
Example: -k 'test_method or test_other' matches all
test functions and classes whose name contains
'test_method' or 'test_other', while -k 'not
test_method' matches those that don't contain
'test_method' in their names. -k 'not test_method
and not test_other' will eliminate the matches.
Additionally keywords are matched to classes and
functions containing extra names in their
'extra_keyword_matches' set, as well as functions
which have names assigned directly to them. The
matching is case-insensitive.
-m MARKEXPR Only run tests matching given mark expression. For
example: -m 'mark1 and not mark2'.
--markers show markers (builtin, plugin and per-project ones).
-x, --exitfirst Exit instantly on first error or failed test
--fixtures, --funcargs
Show available fixtures, sorted by plugin appearance
(fixtures with leading '_' are only shown with '-v')
--fixtures-per-test Show fixtures per test
--pdb Start the interactive Python debugger on errors or
KeyboardInterrupt
--pdbcls=modulename:classname
Specify a custom interactive Python debugger for use
with --pdb.For example:
--pdbcls=IPython.terminal.debugger:TerminalPdb
--trace Immediately break when running each test
--capture=method Per-test capturing method: one of fd|sys|no|tee-sys
-s Shortcut for --capture=no
--runxfail Report the results of xfail tests as if they were
not marked
--lf, --last-failed Rerun only the tests that failed at the last run (or
all if none failed)
--ff, --failed-first Run all tests, but run the last failures first. This
may re-order tests and thus lead to repeated fixture
setup/teardown.
--nf, --new-first Run tests from new files first, then the rest of the
tests sorted by file mtime
--cache-show=[CACHESHOW]
Show cache contents, don't perform collection or
tests. Optional argument: glob (default: '*').
--cache-clear Remove all cache contents at start of test run
--lfnf={all,none}, --last-failed-no-failures={all,none}
Which tests to run with no previously (known)
failures
--sw, --stepwise Exit on test failure and continue from last failing
test next time
--sw-skip, --stepwise-skip
Ignore the first failing test but stop on the next
failing test. Implicitly enables --stepwise.
Reporting:
--durations=N Show N slowest setup/test durations (N=0 for all)
--durations-min=N Minimal duration in seconds for inclusion in slowest
list. Default: 0.005.
-v, --verbose Increase verbosity
--no-header Disable header
--no-summary Disable summary
-q, --quiet Decrease verbosity
--verbosity=VERBOSE Set verbosity. Default: 0.
-r chars Show extra test summary info as specified by chars:
(f)ailed, (E)rror, (s)kipped, (x)failed, (X)passed,
(p)assed, (P)assed with output, (a)ll except passed
(p/P), or (A)ll. (w)arnings are enabled by default
(see --disable-warnings), 'N' can be used to reset
the list. (default: 'fE').
--disable-warnings, --disable-pytest-warnings
Disable warnings summary
-l, --showlocals Show locals in tracebacks (disabled by default)
--no-showlocals Hide locals in tracebacks (negate --showlocals
passed through addopts)
--tb=style Traceback print mode
(auto/long/short/line/native/no)
--show-capture={no,stdout,stderr,log,all}
Controls how captured stdout/stderr/log is shown on
failed tests. Default: all.
--full-trace Don't cut any tracebacks (default is to cut)
--color=color Color terminal output (yes/no/auto)
--code-highlight={yes,no}
Whether code should be highlighted (only if --color
is also enabled). Default: yes.
--pastebin=mode Send failed|all info to bpaste.net pastebin service
--junit-xml=path Create junit-xml style report file at given path
--junit-prefix=str Prepend prefix to classnames in junit-xml output
pytest-warnings:
-W PYTHONWARNINGS, --pythonwarnings=PYTHONWARNINGS
Set which warnings to report, see -W option of
Python itself
--maxfail=num Exit after first num failures or errors
--strict-config Any warnings encountered while parsing the `pytest`
section of the configuration file raise errors
--strict-markers Markers not registered in the `markers` section of
the configuration file raise errors
--strict (Deprecated) alias to --strict-markers
-c FILE, --config-file=FILE
Load configuration from `FILE` instead of trying to
locate one of the implicit configuration files.
--continue-on-collection-errors
Force test execution even if collection errors occur
--rootdir=ROOTDIR Define root directory for tests. Can be relative
path: 'root_dir', './root_dir',
'root_dir/another_dir/'; absolute path:
'/home/user/root_dir'; path with variables:
'$HOME/root_dir'.
collection:
--collect-only, --co Only collect tests, don't execute them
--pyargs Try to interpret all arguments as Python packages
--ignore=path Ignore path during collection (multi-allowed)
--ignore-glob=path Ignore path pattern during collection (multi-
allowed)
--deselect=nodeid_prefix
Deselect item (via node id prefix) during collection
(multi-allowed)
--confcutdir=dir Only load conftest.py's relative to specified dir
--noconftest Don't load any conftest.py files
--keep-duplicates Keep duplicate tests
--collect-in-virtualenv
Don't ignore tests in a local virtualenv directory
--import-mode={prepend,append,importlib}
Prepend/append to sys.path when importing test
modules and conftest files. Default: prepend.
--doctest-modules Run doctests in all .py modules
--doctest-report={none,cdiff,ndiff,udiff,only_first_failure}
Choose another output format for diffs on doctest
failure
--doctest-glob=pat Doctests file matching pattern, default: test*.txt
--doctest-ignore-import-errors
Ignore doctest ImportErrors
--doctest-continue-on-failure
For a given doctest, continue to run after the first
failure
test session debugging and configuration:
--basetemp=dir Base temporary directory for this test run.
(Warning: this directory is removed if it exists.)
-V, --version Display pytest version and information about
plugins. When given twice, also display information
about plugins.
-h, --help Show help message and configuration info
-p name Early-load given plugin module name or entry point
(multi-allowed). To avoid loading of plugins, use
the `no:` prefix, e.g. `no:doctest`.
--trace-config Trace considerations of conftest.py files
--debug=[DEBUG_FILE_NAME]
Store internal tracing debug information in this log
file. This file is opened with 'w' and truncated as
a result, care advised. Default: pytestdebug.log.
-o OVERRIDE_INI, --override-ini=OVERRIDE_INI
Override ini option with "option=value" style, e.g.
`-o xfail_strict=True -o cache_dir=cache`.
--assert=MODE Control assertion debugging tools.
'plain' performs no assertion debugging.
'rewrite' (the default) rewrites assert statements
in test modules on import to provide assert
expression information.
--setup-only Only setup fixtures, do not execute tests
--setup-show Show setup of fixtures while executing tests
--setup-plan Show what fixtures and tests would be executed but
don't execute anything
logging:
--log-level=LEVEL Level of messages to catch/display. Not set by
default, so it depends on the root/parent log
handler's effective level, where it is "WARNING" by
default.
--log-format=LOG_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-date-format=LOG_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-cli-level=LOG_CLI_LEVEL
CLI logging level
--log-cli-format=LOG_CLI_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-cli-date-format=LOG_CLI_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-file=LOG_FILE Path to a file when logging will be written to
--log-file-level=LOG_FILE_LEVEL
Log file logging level
--log-file-format=LOG_FILE_FORMAT
Log format used by the logging module
--log-file-date-format=LOG_FILE_DATE_FORMAT
Log date format used by the logging module
--log-auto-indent=LOG_AUTO_INDENT
Auto-indent multiline messages passed to the logging
module. Accepts true|on, false|off or an integer.
--log-disable=LOGGER_DISABLE
Disable a logger by name. Can be passed multiple
times.
[pytest] ini-options in the first pytest.ini|tox.ini|setup.cfg|pyproject.toml file found:
markers (linelist): Markers for test functions
empty_parameter_set_mark (string):
Default marker for empty parametersets
norecursedirs (args): Directory patterns to avoid for recursion
testpaths (args): Directories to search for tests when no files or
directories are given on the command line
filterwarnings (linelist):
Each line specifies a pattern for
warnings.filterwarnings. Processed after
-W/--pythonwarnings.
usefixtures (args): List of default fixtures to be used with this
project
python_files (args): Glob-style file patterns for Python test module
discovery
python_classes (args):
Prefixes or glob names for Python test class
discovery
python_functions (args):
Prefixes or glob names for Python test function and
method discovery
disable_test_id_escaping_and_forfeit_all_rights_to_community_support (bool):
Disable string escape non-ASCII characters, might
cause unwanted side effects(use at your own risk)
console_output_style (string):
Console output: "classic", or with additional
progress information ("progress" (percentage) |
"count" | "progress-even-when-capture-no" (forces
progress even when capture=no)
xfail_strict (bool): Default for the strict parameter of xfail markers
when not given explicitly (default: False)
tmp_path_retention_count (string):
How many sessions should we keep the `tmp_path`
directories, according to
`tmp_path_retention_policy`.
tmp_path_retention_policy (string):
Controls which directories created by the `tmp_path`
fixture are kept around, based on test outcome.
(all/failed/none)
enable_assertion_pass_hook (bool):
Enables the pytest_assertion_pass hook. Make sure to
delete any previously generated pyc cache files.
junit_suite_name (string):
Test suite name for JUnit report
junit_logging (string):
Write captured log messages to JUnit report: one of
no|log|system-out|system-err|out-err|all
junit_log_passing_tests (bool):
Capture log information for passing tests to JUnit
report:
junit_duration_report (string):
Duration time to report: one of total|call
junit_family (string):
Emit XML for schema: one of legacy|xunit1|xunit2
doctest_optionflags (args):
Option flags for doctests
doctest_encoding (string):
Encoding used for doctest files
cache_dir (string): Cache directory path
log_level (string): Default value for --log-level
log_format (string): Default value for --log-format
log_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-date-format
log_cli (bool): Enable log display during test run (also known as
"live logging")
log_cli_level (string):
Default value for --log-cli-level
log_cli_format (string):
Default value for --log-cli-format
log_cli_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-cli-date-format
log_file (string): Default value for --log-file
log_file_level (string):
Default value for --log-file-level
log_file_format (string):
Default value for --log-file-format
log_file_date_format (string):
Default value for --log-file-date-format
log_auto_indent (string):
Default value for --log-auto-indent
pythonpath (paths): Add paths to sys.path
faulthandler_timeout (string):
Dump the traceback of all threads if a test takes
more than TIMEOUT seconds to finish
addopts (args): Extra command line options
minversion (string): Minimally required pytest version
required_plugins (args):
Plugins that must be present for pytest to run
Environment variables:
PYTEST_ADDOPTS Extra command line options
PYTEST_PLUGINS Comma-separated plugins to load during startup
PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD Set to disable plugin auto-loading
PYTEST_DEBUG Set to enable debug tracing of pytest's internals
to see available markers type: pytest --markers
to see available fixtures type: pytest --fixtures
(shown according to specified file_or_dir or current dir if not specified; fixtures with leading '_' are only shown with the '-v' option