Question

pytest_runtest_makereport() gets two arguments, item and call. From item, I can find the funcarg I created for this test, and from call, I can find the exception info (if any):

def pytest_runtest_makereport (item, call):
    my_funcarg = item.funcargs['name']
    my_funcarg.excinfo = call.excinfo

Unfortunately, excinfo is populated for both failures and for skips. To distinguish, I need to look at the report argument to pytest_report_teststatus():

def pytest_report_teststatus (report):
    if report.when == 'call':
        if report.failed:
            failed = True
        elif report.skipped:
            skipped = True
        else:
            passed = True

That’s great info, but I can’t correlate it to the funcarg I created for the test. I have looked at the report argument (a TestReport report), and I can’t find any way to get back to the item passed to pytest_runtest_makereport(), or the funcarg I created.

Where can I get access to both?

Answer 1

There is a little undocumented somewhat unofficial method with which hook implementations can interact with other hook implementations, for example to post-process their result. In your concrete case you might do something like:

@pytest.mark.tryfirst
def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call, __multicall__):
    rep = __multicall__.execute()
    # your code follows and you can use rep.passed etc.
    return rep

Notes:

• a hook call will usually call multiple hook implementations
• the “tryfirst” marker instructs the hook call to have your implementation be invoked early
• the multicall parameter represents the ongoing hook call and can
  be used to call the remaining hook implementations and then
  use their result for further processing
• you need to return “rep” here because you shadow the “real” creation

The multicall API is very seldomly really and i suspect there could be solutions for your use case that don’t require it.

HTH, Holger