If you need to disable a specific test when running your test suite with pytest, use the pytest skip decorator. Suppose you have the following tests in your test suite:
import pytest
def test_addition():
result = 2 + 2
assert result == 4
def test_subtraction():
result = 5 - 3
assert result == 2
To skip the test_addition test, apply the @pytest.mark.skip decorator with a reason for skipping:
import pytest
@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Temporarily disabled for demonstration purposes")
def test_addition():
result = 2 + 2
assert result == 4
def test_subtraction():
result = 5 - 3
assert result == 2
When you execute the tests using pytest:
pytest -v
Pytest will report that the addition test has been skipped and only the subtraction test has been executed:
...
test_math.py::test_addition SKIPPED (Temporarily disabled this test for demonstration purposes) [ 50%]
test_math.py::test_subtraction PASSED [100%]
======================================================================= 1 passed, 1 skipped in 0.00s ========================================================================
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