Test & Code 234: pytest-metadata - provides access to test session metadata
May 8, 2025
08:15
pytest-metadata is described as a plugin for pytest that provides access to test session metadata.
That is such a humble description for such a massively useful plugin.
If you're already using pytest-html, you have pytest-metadata already installed, as pytest-metadata is one of the dependencies for pytest-html.
However, pytest-metadata is very useful even on its own.
Links:
- pytest-metadata - The plugin we're talking about in this episode
- pytest-base-url - Adds the base URL to the metadata.
- pytest-html - Displays the metadata at the start of each report.
- pytest-reporter-html1 - Presents metadata as part of the report.
- pytest-selenium - Adds the driver, capabilities, and remote server to the metadata.
If you've got other plugins that work well with pytest-metadata, please let me know.
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