Robot Framework


Robot Framework is a generic test automation framework for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development. It is a keyword-driven testing framework that uses tabular test data syntax.

History

The basic ideas for Robot Framework were shaped in Pekka Klärck's masters thesis in 2005. The first version was developed at Nokia Networks the same year. Version 2.0 was released as open source software June 24, 2008 and version 3.0.2 was released February 7, 2017.
The framework is written using the Python programming language and has an active community of contributors. It is released under Apache License 2.0 and can be downloaded from robotframework.org.

Description

Test cases are written using a keyword-testing methodology written in a tabular format. These tables can be written in plain text, tab-separated values, or reStructuredText formats files in any text editor or using the Robot Integrated Development Environment. RIDE simplifies writing test cases by providing framework-specific code completion, syntax highlighting, etc.

Examples

The following test case implements a Hello, World! example:

Demo
Log Hello world

Log is a built-in keyword that logs the given parameter to the test report generated by Robot Framework.
With the help of the SeleniumLibrary, writing tests for web applications is very easy too:

  • ** Test Cases ***
Demo
Open Browser https://www.google.com ie
Input Text id=lst-ib Hollywood Celebrities
Click Button Google Search

This test opens a new Internet Explorer browser window with Google and performs an Internet search for "Hollywood Celebrities" by pressing the button "Google Search".

Add-ons

These libraries are best implemented in Python, but using Java or.NET is also possible.
Other languages such as Perl, JavaScript, and PHP can be used for libraries as well, using the remote library interface. See Robot Framework User Guide and documentation for more information.