Context Attributes

A context object (Context) is handed to

• step definitions (step implementations)
• behave hooks (before_all(), before_feature(), ..., after_all())

Behave Attributes

The behave runner assigns a number of attributes to the context object during a test run.

Attribute Name	Layer	Type	Description
config	test run	Configuration	Configuration that is used.
aborted	test run	bool	Set to true if test run is aborted by the user.
failed	test run	bool	Set to true if a step fails.
feature	feature	Feature	Current feature.
tags	feature, scenario	list<Tag>	Effective tags of current feature, scenario, scenario outline.
active_outline	scenario outline	Row	Current row in a scenario outline (in examples table).
scenario	scenario	Scenario	Current scenario.
log_capture	scenario	LoggingCapture	If logging capture is enabled.
stdout_capture	scenario	StringIO	If stdout capture is enabled.
stderr_capture	scenario	StringIO	If stderr capture is enabled.
table	step	Table	Contains step’s table, otherwise None.
text	step	String	Contains step’s multi-line text (unicode), otherwise None.

Note

Behave attributes in the context object should not be modified by a user. See Context class description for more details.

User Attributes

A user can assign (or modify) own attributes to the context object. But these attributes will be removed again from the context object depending where these attributes are defined.

Kind	Assign Location	Lifecycle Layer (Scope)
Hook	before_all()	test run
Hook	after_all()	test run
Hook	before_tags()	feature or scenario
Hook	after_tags()	feature or scenario
Hook	before_feature()	feature
Hook	after_feature()	feature
Hook	before_scenario()	scenario
Hook	after_scenario()	scenario
Hook	before_step()	scenario
Hook	after_step()	scenario
Step	Step definition	scenario