Python – Allure reports show 404 errors in the report, although the history captures the correct data

I started the test and generated XML:: like this

pytest LoginTest.py --alluredir C:\Users\jfriend\Desktop\Allure\xml

So I have a directory in the path above that contains XMLs/txt files. This is good.

I now want to generate reports at the same time as they are provided. Looking at the docs looks like I have to do something similar :

allure generate C:/Users/jfriend/Desktop/Allure/xml

This should generate a report in the directory I’m currently in the CLI. It should use the adapter in the above path to get the results generated from pytest.

Instead, it generates a report, but only displays a 404 error in the middle of the page. It’s weird.

If I read the history, it has the correct data – so it reads the XML directory clearly. If I run the service command like this:

allure serve C:\Users\jfriend\Desktop\Allure\xml

It displays the test correctly. So it can clearly see the results and can display them, but it just refuses to generate it for some reason.

Any ideas? I just want to keep static reports with server reports, purely for archival reasons.

Allure Report is a SPA that uses AJAX to get page content. Chrome blocks access to files on the file system (such checks can be disabled with the —allow-file-access-from-files option).

Therefore, you need to use a web server to provide reports for viewing. The Allure command line has the open command that starts Jetty for you.

P.S

The allure

serve command is a shortcut to allure generate & allure open.