Is there a way to filter tests based on something you pass to a CLI option?

[f00dog-x300]

I'm trying to run certain tests based on an option that I pass on the CLI.

Say if I pass the an additional command as pytest --suite 1 I would want to run only tests that fall into a specific set of folders. Likewise, if I run pytest --suite 2 I would like it to only run on another set of folders only. I'm trying to find a straightfoward way of doing this but I'm kinda lost.

[f00dog-x300]

I found the answer myself. I have to utilize the pytest_ignore_collect hook. Something like :

def pytest_ignore_collect(path, config):
    """attemts to skip test based on path"""
    if config.getoption("suite") == "one":
        if "test_suite_1/" in str(path):
            return True
    elif config.getoption("suite") == "two":
        if "test_suite_2/" in str(path):
            return True