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How to Share Fixtures Across Tests with pytest conftest

Learn how to define pytest fixtures in conftest.py and control their scope (function, module, session) so every test in a directory reuses the same setup and teardown.

pytest fixtures conftest
Python 
import pytest

@pytest.fixture
def sample_data():
    """Simple fixture available to all tests in this directory."""
    return {"name": "Alice", "age": 30}

@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
def session_data():
    """Fixture created once per test session."""
    return {"session_id": 12345}

@pytest.fixture(scope="mo…
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