Pytest - Calling a fixture from another fixture

Question

I have a fixture that is returning an object of certain type and I have another fixture defined in another file that basically uses the object to do other things. But I am not able to return the object from my first fixture.

file-1

def fixture_1(s, **kwargs):
    def hook(s, **kwargs):
        p_b = s.get()
        p = p_b.build()
        yield p
    return hook

file-2 conftest.py

@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_1(s, **kwargs):
    def hook(s, **kwargs):
        #Default implementation is no-op.
        pass
    return hook

@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_2(s,b_p):
    some_p = fixture_1(s)
    current_status = s.start(some_p)

    print(current_status)
    yield current_status

I want to basically retrieve object p returned in file-1 fixture_1 and use it in file-2 fixture_2 fixture.

Answer 1

It seems that you are using pytest fixtures wrong (looking at your arguments names).

I'd recommend you to go through https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/fixture.html

There are two solutions for your problem:

###
# file_1
def not_really_a_fixture(s, **kwargs): # just some hook generator
    def hook(s, **kwargs):
        p_b = s.get()
        p = p_b.build()
        yield p
    return hook


###
# conftest.py
from file_1 import not_really_a_fixture

@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_2(s,b_p): # s and b_p should be names of fixtures that need to run before this
    some_p = not_really_a_fixture(s)
    current_status = s.start(some_p)

    print(current_status)
    yield current_status

And:

###
# file_1
@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_1(s): # s is name of another fixture
    # there is no point in having **kwargs as arg in pytest fixture
    def hook(s, **kwargs):
        #Default implementation is no-op.
        pass
    return hook

###
# conftest.py
from file_1 import fixture_1

@pytest.fixture(scope='module')
def fixture_2(s,b_p,fixture_1): # s and b_p should be names of fixtures that need to run before this
    # in fixture_1 is value returned by fixture_1, that means your hook func
    current_status = s.start(fixture_1)

    print(current_status)
    yield current_status