pytest command line param skip test

import requests
import json


protocol = 'https://'
api_version = 'v2'


def test_print_parameters(host, verifyssl):
    print
    print 'host', host
    print 'verifyssl', verifyssl


def test_get_emoticons_unathorized_error(host, verifyssl):
    print host
    url_fragment = '/emoticon'
    response = requests.get(protocol + host + '/' + api_version + url_fragment, verify=verifyssl)
    assert 401 == response.status_code
    data = json.loads(response.text)
    assert 401 == data['error']['code']
    assert 'Authenticated requests only.  See https://www.hipchat.com/docs/apiv2/auth for more information.' == \
           data['error']['message']
    assert 'Unauthorized' == data['error']['type']


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# content of separate file conftest.py
import pytest


def pytest_addoption(parser):
    parser.addoption('--host', action='store', default='api.hipchat.com', help='host server to connect to')
    parser.addoption('--verifyssl', action='store_true', default=False, help='validate SSL')


@pytest.fixture
def host(request):
    return request.config.getoption('--host')

@pytest.fixture
def verifyssl(request):
    return request.config.getoption('--verifyssl')

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py.test -s -v test_emoticons.py --host my.example.com --verifyssl