README.md

Introduction to Robot Framework

Overview

Robot Framework is a generic open source automation framework. It can be used for test automation and robotic process automation (RPA). SeleniumLibrary is one of the many test libraries that can be used with Robot Framework.

Advantage

• Easy syntax
• Human-readable keywords
• Operating system and application independent
• Supports both Python 2.7 and Python 3.5+
• Has a rich ecosystem consisting of pre-existing libraries and tools
• Capabilities can be extended by libraries implemented with Python or Java

Installation

pip install robotframework
pip install --upgrade robotframework-seleniumlibrary
sudo pip install webdrivermanager
sudo webdrivermanager firefox chrome --linkpath /usr/local/bin

More details here and here.

Demo: Standard Usage

1. Clone following GitHub repository

   git clone https://github.com/robotframework/WebDemo.git
   

2. Start the demo application

   cd WebDemo/
   python demoapp/server.py
   

   

3. Access the demo application by navigating to 127.0.0.1:7272

   

4. Trigger automated test execution

   robot login_tests/
   

   

5. Access test execution report

   firefox log.html
   

   

References

• Installation instructions
• SeleniumLibrary
• Web testing with Robot Framework and SeleniumLibrary
• Running Demo