[test] allow custom couch url for couch tests

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testing/tests/conftest.py b/testing/tests/conftest.py
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+import pytest
+
+
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--couch-url", type="string", default="http://127.0.0.1:5984",
+        help="the url for the couch server to be used during tests")
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def couch_url(request):
+    url = request.config.getoption('--couch-url')
+    request.cls.couch_url = url