I am trying to create the configuring for pytest, but I'm am getting an error

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In summary, the conversation is about an issue with a missing argument in the make_app_run_in_test_env function in the conftest.py file of a python flask code. The error message suggests that the missing argument is causing the issue, and the solution is to add the argument to the function definition and pass it in when calling the function.
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I am trying to create the configuring for pytest. For some reason I am getting the error "missing 1 required positional argument: 'start_response'".
I just don't know how to fix this. I linked my github and the complete error message below.
Can someone help?
Also the code is in python flask.

Here is the code updated https://github.com/NML240/flaskblog2 Here are 2 relevant files https://github.com/NML240/flaskblog2/blob/main/app/config.py and https://github.com/NML240/flaskblog2/blob/main/app/tests/conftest.py.

In conftest.py I created config function to set up for pytest but I am getting an error.
Here is the complete error.
Here is the relevant error.
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typeError: call() missing 1 required positional argument: 'start_response'
. I am not sure if this is caused by the function make_app_run_in_test_env or create_app function.

My guess from the error message is the former function.
Any idea how to fix this?
Thanks
 
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The issue is that the make_app_run_in_test_env function is missing a required argument. The function expects a parameter called "start_response" but it is not being passed in. You need to add the parameter to the function definition and pass it in when calling the function. def make_app_run_in_test_env(start_response): app = create_app("testing") ...make_app_run_in_test_env(start_response)
 

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