feat: allow passing extra connect kwargs to postgresql factories

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Description

Adds a connection_kwargs parameter to factories.postgresql() and
factories.postgresql_async(), forwarded to psycopg.connect() /
AsyncConnection.connect() when the test connection is opened. This lets
callers set connection options such as row_factory without an autouse
workaround:

import psycopg.rows

postgresql_dict_rows = factories.postgresql(
    'postgresql_proc',
    connection_kwargs={'row_factory': psycopg.rows.dict_row},
)

Tests cover both the sync and async factories, and a towncrier newsfragment
and README example are included.

Closes #1418

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • The synchronous and asynchronous PostgreSQL client fixtures now accept extra connection options, such as a row factory, and pass them to Psycopg.
  • Added documentation and examples showing how to configure connections to return rows as dictionaries.

connection_kwargs rejects the identity keys managed by the fixtures
(dbname, user, host, port) to preserve the janitor's connection
isolation, with parametrized tests for each across both factories.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The synchronous and asynchronous client factories now accept connection_kwargs and pass these values to their psycopg connection methods. Added fixtures, tests, and documentation demonstrate configuring dictionary rows with psycopg.rows.dict_row.

Changes

Connection keyword forwarding

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add connection keyword forwarding pytest_postgresql/factories/client.py	Both factories accept optional connection_kwargs mappings. Each factory overlays the supplied values on its default connection arguments before calling psycopg.
Document and test dictionary rows tests/conftest.py, tests/test_postgresql.py, README.rst, newsfragments/1418.feature.rst	Synchronous and asynchronous fixtures configure dict_row, and tests verify that queries return dictionaries. The README and feature note describe the new argument.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: fizyk

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 529cc

Connection options now reach psycopg as intended. However, passing connection identity keys such as dbname through connection_kwargs lets a test use a database outside the fixture's cleanup. This requires a deliberate override, so the change is mergeable with a small follow-up to reject or document those keys.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 529cc

Connection options are useful for customization, but they can also direct a test connection to a different database while setup and cleanup still target the configured test database. This could expose credentials or leave changes outside the fixture’s cleanup boundary. The risk depends on how callers supply those options.

Retained concerns

• Medium · security · inferred: Caller-supplied destination or identity keywords can make the yielded connection use a database outside the janitor’s setup and cleanup boundary. An overridden host can also cause fixture credentials to be presented to a different server, depending on authentication.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The independently affected scope is a caller-configured fixture connection and any database reachable with its selected destination and credentials; repository evidence does not establish a remotely accessible entrypoint.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — If caller-controlled keywords select another host or database, the factory can direct test queries there while its janitor still cleans the original target. Whether an attacker can influence those keywords is not established.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The janitor retains process-fixture destination and credentials, while the new mapping gives the factory caller final authority over matching client connection arguments.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Both factories close an acquired client connection and the janitor contexts drop their own database on exit; those controls do not make an overridden client destination janitor-owned.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Keep destination and identity keys owned by the fixture, or explicitly couple any permitted overrides to janitor ownership and cleanup. Cover that contract for both factories.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 6

✅ Passed checks (6 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue #1418 requires psycopg.connect() parameters to pass through factories.postgresql(). The PR adds connection_kwargs to both postgresql() and postgresql_async(), forwards the values to co…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changes remain within issue #1418. The async factory support, README update, newsfragment, and test fixtures provide equivalent coverage or documentation for the connection-argument feature. No un…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 10 functions across 3 files. (2 skipped: 2…
Newsfragment Check	✅ Passed	A valid newsfragment was added in the pull request: newsfragments/1418.feature.rst. The feature type is configured in pyproject.toml, and it matches the new functionality. The filename follows t…
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarises the main change: it allows extra connection keyword arguments for the PostgreSQL factories.

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Hi, this is my first contribution here. Could you approve the workflow runs? I've verified the two new tests pass locally.

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Review comments at @pytest_postgresql/factories/client.py:
- Line 113: Update both client factories to reject dbname, host, port, or user
in connection_kwargs before merging it with connect_kwargs. Keep the
janitor-managed connection identity consistent in both synchronous and
asynchronous clients.

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