Use the -s option:
pytest -s
From the docs:
During test execution any output sent to stdout and stderr is captured. If a test or a setup method fails its according captured output will usually be shown along with the failure traceback.
pytest has the option --capture=method in which method is per-test capturing method, and could be one of the following: fd, sys or no. pytest also has the option -s which is a shortcut for --capture=no, and this is the option that will allow you to see your print statements in the console.
pytest --capture=no # show print statements in console
pytest -s # equivalent to previous command
There are two ways in which pytest can perform capturing:
file descriptor (FD) level capturing (default): All writes going to the operating system file descriptors 1 and 2 will be captured.
sys level capturing: Only writes to Python files sys.stdout and sys.stderr will be captured. No capturing of writes to filedescriptors is performed.
pytest -s # disable all capturing
pytest --capture=sys # replace sys.stdout/stderr with in-mem files
pytest --capture=fd # also point filedescriptors 1 and 2 to temp file