pytest-bdd-md-report 1.0.1

Markdown test report formatter for pytest-bdd with pytest-playwright screenshot support

pytest-bdd-md-report

Markdown test report formatter for pytest-bdd with pytest-playwright screenshot support.

Installation

pip install pytest-bdd-md-report

Or with uv:

uv add pytest-bdd-md-report

Optional dependencies

# With pytest-playwright support (for screenshot capture)
pip install pytest-bdd-md-report[playwright]

# With pytest-bdd support
pip install pytest-bdd-md-report[bdd]

# All optional dependencies
pip install pytest-bdd-md-report[all]

Quick Start

# Generate a markdown report
pytest --markdown-report=test_report.md

# Include detailed step information (Given/When/Then)
pytest --markdown-report=test_report.md --markdown-report-verbose

# Include screenshots for failed tests (requires pytest-playwright)
pytest --markdown-report=test_report.md --markdown-report-screenshots --screenshot=only-on-failure

CLI Options

Option	Description
--markdown-report=path	Output path for the Markdown report (required to enable)
--markdown-report-verbose	Include detailed step information (Given/When/Then)
--markdown-report-template=path	Custom Jinja2 template file path
--markdown-report-screenshots	Embed failure screenshots in report
--markdown-report-embed-images	Base64 encode screenshots directly in markdown

Output Example

Basic Mode

## Summary
- **Total Tests**: 3
- **Passed**: 2
- **Failed**: 1

## Test Results

### Feature: Login

#### [PASS] Scenario: Successful login
- **Status**: PASSED
- **Duration**: 1.73s

Verbose Mode (--markdown-report-verbose)

#### [PASS] Scenario: Successful login
- **Status**: PASSED
- **Duration**: 1.73s

**Steps:**
1. [PASS] **Given** the login page is displayed (0.45s)
2. [PASS] **When** user enters valid credentials (0.98s)
3. [PASS] **Then** dashboard is shown (0.30s)

Custom Templates

Create a custom Jinja2 template to customize the report format.

Template Variables

Variable	Type	Description
generation_time	str	Report generation timestamp
summary.total_tests	int	Total test count
summary.passed	int	Passed count
summary.failed	int	Failed count
summary.skipped	int	Skipped count
summary.total_duration	str	Total execution time
features	dict	Feature name to scenario list mapping

Example Custom Template

# Test Report

Generated: {{ generation_time }}

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Total | {{ summary.total_tests }} |
| Passed | {{ summary.passed }} |
| Failed | {{ summary.failed }} |

{% for feature_name, scenarios in features.items() %}
## {{ feature_name }}

{% for scenario in scenarios %}
- **{{ scenario.scenario_name }}**: {{ scenario.status }}
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}

Screenshot Support

Capture screenshots for failed tests using pytest-playwright:

# Screenshots saved as file references
pytest --markdown-report=test_report.md --markdown-report-screenshots --screenshot=only-on-failure

# Screenshots embedded as Base64 (single-file report)
pytest --markdown-report=test_report.md --markdown-report-screenshots --markdown-report-embed-images --screenshot=only-on-failure

Note: --screenshot=only-on-failure is a pytest-playwright option. Screenshots are saved to test-results/ directory.

Requirements

• Python >= 3.10
• pytest >= 7.0.0
• jinja2 >= 3.1.0

Optional

• pytest-bdd >= 6.0.0 (for BDD-style tests)
• pytest-playwright >= 0.4.0 (for screenshot capture)

License

MIT License