API Reference ​
This page contains the full reference to pytest’s API.
Constants ​
pytest.__version__ ​
The current pytest version, as a string:
shell
>>> import pytest
>>> pytest.__version__
'7.0.0'>>> import pytest
>>> pytest.__version__
'7.0.0'pytest.version_tuple ​
New in version 7.0.
The current pytest version, as a tuple:
shell
>>> import pytest
>>> pytest.version_tuple
(7, 0, 0)>>> import pytest
>>> pytest.version_tuple
(7, 0, 0)For pre-releases, the last component will be a string with the prerelease version:
shell
>>> import pytest
>>> pytest.version_tuple
(7, 0, '0rc1')>>> import pytest
>>> pytest.version_tuple
(7, 0, '0rc1')