End To End Tutorial For Pytest Fixtures With Examples

The article provides an in-depth exploration of pytest fixtures for Selenium test automation, emphasizing their utility in sharing data across multiple tests and avoiding repetitive execution. Pytest fixtures are functions that run before each test function is executed and can be leveraged for various testing scenarios, including database connections and browser testing. The article discusses the advantages of using pytest fixtures over traditional xUnit setup and teardown methods, highlighting their modularity, ease of use, and support for dependency injection. It also covers the different scopes of fixtures (function, module, class, and session) and their parameterization, which allows for executing the same test across different input values. Additionally, the article explains how fixtures can be shared across tests using conftest.py and explores the use of skip and xfail markers to handle tests expected to fail or not relevant for certain platforms. The tutorial demonstrates these concepts through examples of browser testing with Selenium WebDriver, showcasing how pytest fixtures streamline test execution and improve code maintainability.