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pytest-robotframework

a pytest plugin that can run both python and robotframework tests while generating robot reports for them

install

pytest should automatically find and activate the plugin once you install it.

poetry add pytest-robotframework --group=dev

features

write robot tests in python

# you can use both robot and pytest features
from robot.api import logger
from pytest import Cache

from pytest_robotframework import keyword

@keyword  # make this function show as a keyword in the robot log
def foo():
    ...

@mark.slow  # gets converted to robot tags
def test_foo(cache: Cache):
    foo()

run .robot tests

to allow for gradual adoption, the plugin also runs regular robot tests as well:

*** Settings ***
test setup  setup

*** Test Cases ***
bar
    [Tags]  asdf  key:value
    no operation

*** Keywords ***
setup
    log  ran setup

which is roughly equivalent to the following python code:

# conftest.py
from robot.api import logger
from pytest_robotframework import keyword

def pytest_runtet_setup():
    foo()

@keyword
def foo():
    logger.info("ran setup")
# test_foo.py
from pytest import mark

@mark.asdf
@mark.key("value")
def test_bar():
    ...

setup/teardown and other hooks

to define a function that runs for each test at setup or teardown, create a conftest.py with a pytest_runtest_setup and/or pytest_runtest_teardown function:

# ./tests/conftest.py
def pytest_runtest_setup():
    log_in()
# ./tests/test_suite.py
def test_something():
    """i am logged in now"""

these hooks appear in the log the same way that the a .robot file's Setup and Teardown options in *** Settings *** would:

for more information, see writing hook functions. pretty much every pytest hook should work with this plugin but i haven't tested them all. please raise an issue if you find one that's broken.

tags/markers

pytest markers are converted to tags in the robot log:

from pytest import mark

@mark.slow
def test_blazingly_fast_sorting_algorithm():
    [1,2,3].sort()

markers like skip, skipif and parameterize also work how you'd expect:

from pytest import mark

@mark.parametrize("test_input,expected", [(1, 8), (6, 6)])
def test_eval(test_input: int, expected: int):
    assert test_input == expected

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listeners

you can define listeners in your conftest.py and decorate them with @listener to register them as global listeners:

# conftest.py
from pytest_robotframework import listener
from robot import model, result
from robot.api.interfaces import ListenerV3
from typing_extensions import override

@listener
class Listener(ListenerV3):
    @override
    def start_test(self, data: model.TestCase result: result.TestCase):
        ...

robot suite variables

to set suite-level robot variables, call the set_variables function at the top of the test suite:

from robot.libraries.BuiltIn import BuiltIn
from pytest_robotframework import set_variables

set_variables(
    {
        "foo": "bar",
        "baz": ["a", "b"],
    }
)

def test_variables():
    assert BuiltIn().get_variable_value("$foo") == "bar"

set_variables is equivalent to the *** Variables *** section in a .robot file. all variables are prefixed with $. @ and & are not required since $ variables can store lists and dicts anyway

config

since this is a pytest plugin, you should avoid using robot options that have pytest equivalents:

instead of... use...
robot --include tag_name pytest -m tag_name
robot --skip tag_name pytest -m "not tag_name"
robot --test "test name" path/to/test.robot pytest path/to/test.robot::"Test Name"
robot --listener Foo @listener decorator
robot --dryrun pytest --collect-only (not exactly the same. you should use a type checker on your python tests as a replacement for robot dryrun)
robot --exitonfailure pytest --maxfail=1
robot --rerunfailed pytest --lf

if the robot option you want to use isn't mentioned here, check the pytest command line options and ini options for a complete list of pytest settings as there are probably many missing from this list.

specifying robot options directlty

you can specify robot CLI arguments directly with the --robotargs argument:

pytest --robotargs="-d results --listener foo.Foo"

or you could use the ROBOT_OPTIONS environment variable:

ROBOT_OPTIONS="-d results --listener foo.Foo"

however, arguments that have pytest equivalents should not be set with robot as they will probably cause the plugin to behave incorrectly.

enabling pytest assertions in the robot log

by default, only failed assertions will appear in the log. to make passed assertions show up, you'll have to add enable_assertion_pass_hook = true to your pytest ini options:

# pyproject.toml
[tool.pytest.ini_options]
enable_assertion_pass_hook = true

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limitations

making keywords show in the robot log

by default when writing tests in python, the only keywords that you'll see in the robot log are Setup, Run Test and Teardown. this is because robot is not capable of recognizing keywords called outside of robot code. (see this issue)

this plugin has several workarounds for the problem:

@keyword decorator

if you want a function you wrote to show up as a keyword in the log, decorate it with the pytest_robotframework.keyword instead of robot.api.deco.keyword

from pytest_robotframework import keyword

@keyword
def foo():
    ...

pytest functions are patched by the plugin

most of the pytest functions are patched so that they show as keywords in the robot log

def test_foo():
    with pytest.raises(ZeroDivisionError):
        logger.info(1 / 0)

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patching third party functions with keywordify

if you want a function from a third party module/robot library to be displayed as a keyword, you can patch it with the keywordify function:

# in your conftest.py

from pyest_robotframework import keywordify
import some_module

# patch a function from the module:
keywordify(some_module, "some_function")
# works on classes too:
keywordify(some_module.SomeClass, "some_method")

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