behave HOOK Error empty dict from behave.ini

Question

I'm getting error HOOK-ERROR in before_all: KeyError: 'environment' when running behave from command line

Project Structure:

features/ * all feature files go here
features/steps * all steps go here
features/environment.py

behave.ini (at the project level)

 [behave.userdata]
 environment = int

environment.py

def before_all(context):
   userdata = context.config.userdata
   print(userdata)
   print(userdata['environment'])

output

{}
HOOK-ERROR in before_all: KeyError: 'environment'

On a site note, if i run the features files using pycharm, I dont get this error and the environment printed out. Behave v1.2.6

Any help will be much appreciated

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 20 '18 at 17:37

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I tried moving behave.ini to the features/ directory and I'm able to access userdata['environment'] when I run Behave from the features/ directory.

answered Apr 20 '18 at 17:37

natn2323

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Thank you, it does work when you move the behave.ini into the features folder. As per the documentation the file can reside in the current working directory, which i assumed it to be the root directory which has the features directory – Satish Apr 20 '18 at 18:07
I'm glad it helps. Does that answer your question/help to resolve your issue? If so, please mark this as the Selected Answer! – natn2323 Apr 20 '18 at 18:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 17 '20 at 19:10

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This should resolve your issue:

x = context.config.userdata.get('environment')

edited Mar 17 '20 at 19:10

Michael Nelles

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answered Mar 17 '20 at 18:06

Fernando Cotrena

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behave HOOK Error empty dict from behave.ini

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