PyTest: Interactive Output (instead of pure ASCII)

Question

How can I get expandable output from PyTest?

For example the local variables. It would be great if I could expand/collapse them depending on my need.

I think that's where the current text-output of PyTest reaches its limit.

The question: Is there a way to get an interactive output from PyTest?

With interactive I mean to be able to expand/collapse the local variables.

Above example is from the django debug page.

I would like to have such an interactive output if I run pytest.

My output looks like this:

Answer 1

For achieving an output similar to the screenshot (which I assume is from a Django debugging session), you will need pytest and the pytest-html plugin.

You invoke pytest using this command line.

pytest --showlocals --html=report.html --self-contained-html testmodule/test.py

This will give you a HTML report with a nice overview of collapsible tests. Passing the argument --showlocals will also be reflected in the HTML report. All failed tests will show the local variable scope.

I created a small example repository with further instructions.