How to use a fixture in a pytest skipif marker?

Question

I have a py.test function like the follows:

def my_test(self, driver):
    # Do something with the driver

which uses a driver fixture (defined in conftest.py).

Now, I need to check something before running this test. If that check fails, I need to skip this test. Here is what I tried:

@pytest.mark.skipif(not driver.check(),
                    reason="Some check negative.")
def my_test(self, driver):
    # Do something with the driver

But that marker uses a fixture itself (it might be the same fixture, or a different fixture, it does not matter here). Is there a simple way I can use a fixture in a skipif marker?

Fixtures are injected into test functions, they don't work at import time as in decorators. You might be able to use the fixure function directly by calling it. — Klaus D., Feb 26 '19 at 07:22
What do you mean 'by calling it'? I am calling a fixture, no? — Alex, Feb 26 '19 at 07:30
Even if you manage to call the fixture function directly, this behaviour is deprecated. Instead of using fixture in `skip` decorator, call `pytest.skip` in fixture function. — hoefling, Feb 26 '19 at 16:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '23 at 08:14

Why not skip the test from inside the driver fixture? Then every fixture can decide for itself whether it needs to skip all tests that depend on it.

@pytest.fixture()
def driver():
    if not check_driver():
        pytest.skip("Driver could not be loaded")
    return get_driver()

See also Skip test from inside a fixture

How to use a fixture in a pytest skipif marker?

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