How to make pytest wait for (manual) user action?

Question

We are sucessfully using pytest (Python 3) to run a test suite testing some hardware devices (electronics). For a subset of these tests, we need the tester to change the hardwa

Answer 1

For future reference, if you need to use input with pytest. You can do this in any part of your pytest, setup_class, test_..., teardown_method, etc. This is for pytest > 3.3.x

import pytest

capture_manager = pytest.config.pluginmanager.getplugin('capturemanager')
capture_manager.suspend_global_capture(in_=True)
answer = input('My reference text here')
capture_manager.resume_global_capture()