Call the same fixture multiple time in py.test

Question

I'm using Pytest to write some tests in Python.

I'm using the following fixture in order to create a user and user it in my test, then delete it after the test (finalizer):

@pytest.fixture(scope='function')
def test_user(request):
    def finalizer():
        delete_the_user()

    request.addfinalizer(finalizer)
    return user()

with delete_the_user() and user() two functions not detailed here.

The problem is: I'd like to use 2 users for some of my tests.

I've tried to call the fixture like that:

def test_function(test_user_1 = test_user, test_user_2 = test_user):
    # Test here

without success.

How can I use the same fixture more than once in a test?

Answer 1

The only ways to do this I can think of are:

• Having a second fixture
• Making the fixture return a function instead (but then you'd have to refactor other functions using the fixture too).