pytest fixture - get value and avoid error "Fixture 'X' called directly"

Question

I have updated pytest to 4.3.0 and now I need to rework test code since calling fixtures directly is deprecated.

I have an issue with fixtures used in an unittest.TestCase, how do I get the value returned from the fixture and not a reference to the function itself ?

Example :

@pytest.fixture
def test_value():
    return 1

@pytest.mark.usefixtures("test_value")
class test_class(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_simple_in_class(self):
        print(test_value)    # prints the function reference and not the value
        print(test_value())  # fails with Fixtures are not meant to be called directly

def test_simple(test_value):
    print(test_value)  # prints 1

How can I get test_value in the test_simple_in_class() method ?

Answer 1

The solution to my simple example if anyone is interested.

def my_original_fixture():
    return 1

@pytest.fixture(name="my_original_fixture")
def my_original_fixture_indirect():
    return my_original_fixture()

@pytest.mark.usefixtures("my_original_fixture")
class test_class(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_simple_in_class(self):
        print(my_original_fixture())

def test_simple(my_original_fixture):
    print(my_original_fixture)

Answer 2

There was a big discussion on this already. You can read through that or refer to the deprecation documentation.

In your contrived example it seems this is the answer:

@pytest.fixture(name="test_value")
def test_simple_in_class(self):
    print(test_value())

However, I suggest checking the docs. The other example might be what you want. You can read the discussion I linked to for some of the reasoning. The debate got a bit heated though.