How to pass a dictionary as an argument inside setup function of unittest

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Passing lists and dictionaries to functions is done using the asterisk and double asterisk syntax respectively. Here is a simple demo program to show you how it works:

def aFunc (param1, param2, param3):
    print("This is param1: {}".format(param1))
    print("This is param2: {}".format(param2))
    print("This is param3: {}".format(param3))

paramDict = {"param1": "I am param1!", "param2": "I am param2!", "param3": "I am param3!"}
aFunc(**paramDict)

print("\n")

paramList = ["I am param1!", "I am param2!", "I am param3!"]
aFunc(*paramList)

Output:
This is param1: I am param1
This is param2: I am param2
This is param3: I am param3

This is param1: I am param1
This is param2: I am param2
This is param3: I am param3

Using the single asterisk syntax on dictionaries passes the keys to the function. Single asterisk also works with tuples.

I hope this helps. I'm going by the title of the thread. I know what unittest is, though I've never used it, I don't know what Appium code is and I am unfamiliar with about half the libraries you're using. If all you needed was to know how to pass dictionaries to functions, here you go.