conftest.py

import pytest
import json
import os.path
from application import Application

fixture = None
target = None


def load_config(file):
    global target
    if target is None:
        config_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), file)
        with open(config_file) as f:
            target = json.load(f)
    return target


@pytest.fixture
def app(request):
    global fixture
    browser = request.config.getoption("--browser")
    web_config = load_config(request.config.getoption("--target"))['web']
    if fixture is None or not fixture.is_valid():
        fixture = Application(browser=browser, base_url=web_config['baseURL'])
    return fixture


@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
def stop(request):
    def fin():
        fixture.session.ensure_logout()
        fixture.destroy()
    request.addfinalizer(fin)
    return fixture


def pytest_addoption(parser):
    parser.addoption("--browser", action="store", default="firefox")
    parser.addoption("--target", action="store", default="target.json")


# def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
#     for fixture in metafunc.fixturenames:
#         if fixture.startswith('data_'):
#             testdata = load_from_module(fixture[5:])
#             metafunc.parametrize(fixture, testdata, ids=[str(x) for x in testdata])
#         elif fixture.startswith('json_'):
#             testdata = load_from_json(fixture[5:])
#             metafunc.parametrize(fixture, testdata, ids=[str(x) for x in testdata])
#
#
# def load_from_module(module):
#     return importlib.import_module('python_training.data.%s' % module).testdata
#
#
# def load_from_json(file):
#     with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'data/%s.json' % file)) as f:
#         return jsonpickle.decode(f.read())