How to get the step name description in pytest-bdd?

[Nagendrababu1]

want to get this step description name "capture user logout option navigated screen" within the function. But not able to get it

@when(parsers.parse('capture "{user}" logout option navigated screen'), converters=CONVERTERS)
def step_capture_login_option_navigated_screen(context, user, request):
step_name = request.node.name #This prints Scenario name

I have tried request.node.name but it's giving the Scenario name, but I need exact step name. Please suggest possible ways to get the scenario description

[thakoreh]

request.node is the scenario's pytest test item, so its name won't give you the current step. The pytest-bdd hooks receive a step object with the text in step.name.

If you need that text inside your existing step function, store it before each step:

# conftest.py
def pytest_bdd_before_step(request, step):
    request.node._bdd_step_name = step.name

Then replace your assignment with:

step_name = request.node._bdd_step_name

_bdd_step_name is a custom attribute set by the hook above, not a built-in pytest attribute. For a feature step such as When capture "Alice" logout option navigated screen, it contains capture "Alice" logout option navigated screen, without When. It updates for each step.

This was verified with pytest-bdd 9.0.1 and pytest 9.2.0. If you only need the name for logging or reporting, you can use step.name directly in the hook and skip storing it.