robo-appian

robo-appian is a Python automation framework for Appian built on Playwright. It owns the browser/runtime wrapper layer and provides reusable Appian interaction components so consuming projects can focus on application workflows, data, and assertions.

Architecture

Consumer pytest project
        ↓
RoboBrowser → RoboContext → RoboPage → RoboLocator
        ↓
Reusable Appian components
        ↓
Playwright implementation
        ↓
Appian

The public framework wrappers are:

from robo_appian import RoboBrowser, RoboContext, RoboPage, RoboLocator

With the pytest plugin enabled, tests normally receive RoboPage directly:

pytest_plugins = ("robo_appian.pytest_plugin",)

from robo_appian import RoboPage


def test_example(page: RoboPage) -> None:
    user_options = page.get_by_attributes(
        attributes={
            "role": "button",
            "aria-label": "User options",
        }
    )
    user_options.to_be_visible()
    user_options.click()

Install

pip install robo-appian

Python 3.12 is required. Playwright is installed automatically as a robo-appian dependency.

Install all Playwright-managed browser binaries:

robo-appian install-browser

or one engine:

robo-appian install-browser firefox
robo-appian install-browser chromium
robo-appian install-browser webkit

robo-appian install-browser all is equivalent to the no-argument full install. The command uses the current Python interpreter (sys.executable -m playwright install ...) and is platform independent.

Component APIs and Scope

Existing reusable components such as Button, InputText, Dropdown, and Table still expose the internal Scope = Playwright Page | Locator compatibility boundary in many generated signatures. New browser lifecycle/resource ownership should use the Robo* wrappers; Scope remains documented because it is still part of the current component implementation.

Documentation

Full documentation, guides, framework reference, and component API reference:

https://dinilmithra.github.io/robo-appian/

Developer

Dinil Mithra — developer and maintainer of robo-appian.

Repository: https://github.com/dinilmithra/robo-appian
Issues: https://github.com/dinilmithra/robo-appian/issues

License

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