Using pytest fixtures in class - python-3.x

Question

I have begun writing unit tests for my Flask API. I have gotten them to work when declared outside of a class. However, for simplicity and OOP constraints, I am trying to have everything run from a class. The issue is I cannot seem to pass any fixture methods to my test class. The code I have here is as follow:
#conftest.py
import os, json, pytest
from ..app import create_app
from flask import Flask
#pytest.fixture
def env_setup():
env_name = os.getenv('FLASK_ENV')
app = create_app(env_name)
return app
I am trying to import env_setup into the following file.
# test_BaseURL.py
import pytest
#pytest.mark.usefixtures("env_setup")
class TestStaticPages:
def setUp(self, env_setup):
"""
Setup Test
"""
self.client = env_setup.test_client()
def test_base_route(self, env_setup):
#client = env_setup.test_client()
url = '/'
html1 = b'Welcome to the API. Please visit '
html2 = b'https://example.com to learn more about this app.'
response = self.client.get(url)
assert response.get_data() == html1 + html2
assert response.status_code == 200
I keep geeting the following error when I run this test:
> response = self.client.get(url)
E AttributeError: 'TestStaticPages' object has no attribute 'client'
src/tests/test_BaseURL.py:18: AttributeError
However if I should uncomment the line with client = env_setup.test_client() it works. For whatever reason it cannot seem to grab the setup from the setUP method and keeps erroring out.

Answer 1

Here is how I fixed my issue:
#conftest.py
import os, json, pytest
from ..app import create_app
from flask import Flask
#pytest.fixture
def client():
env_name = os.getenv('FLASK_ENV')
app = create_app(env_name)
client = app.test_client()
return client
I was then able to import the client into my other test class like so.
#test_StaticView.py
import pytest
#pytest.mark.usefixtures("client")
class TestStaticPages:
def test_base_route(self, client):
url = '/'
html1 = b'Welcome to the API. Please visit '
html2 = b'https://example.com to learn more about this app.'
response = client.get(url)
assert response.get_data() == html1 + html2
assert response.status_code == 200