python - Is there a way to specify which pytest tests to run from a file?

Question

Is there a way to select pytest tests to run from a file? For example, a file foo.txt containing a list of tests to be executed:

tests_directory/foo.py::test_001
tests_directory/bar.py::test_some_other_test

Or, is there a way to select multiple tests, having no common pattern in test name, from different directories with pytest?

pytest -k <pattern> allows a single pattern.

One option is to have a pytest.mark against each test, but my requirement is to run different combination of tests from different files.

Is there a way to specify multiple patterns and a test file name for each pattern?

Or

Is there a way to specify the exact test paths in a file and feed that file as an input to pytest?

Or

Is there a hook function that can be utilized for this purpose?

Answer 1

You can use -k option to run test cases with different patterns:

py.test tests_directory/foo.py tests_directory/bar.py -k 'test_001 or test_some_other_test'

This will run test cases with name test_001 and test_some_other_test deselecting the rest of the test cases.

Note: This will select any test case starting with test_001 or test_some_other_test. For example, if you have test case test_0012 it will also be selected.