robo-appian

robo-appian makes Appian pages easier to automate with readable Python.

It is designed for people who know their web application and only need basic Python to start writing automation.

Quick example

from robo_appian import AppianPage


def test_create_request(page: AppianPage) -> None:
    page.textbox(label="Request Name").fill("Example Request")
    page.date(label="Required Award Date").fill("10/15/2026")
    page.checkbox(label="Is this request for a conference?").select("Yes")
    page.button(name="Submit").click()

The goal is to describe the page using the same text a user sees.

Install

pip install robo-appian
robo-appian install-browser firefox

Python 3.12 is required. robo-appian uses robo-automation for generic browser and pytest infrastructure.

Common controls

page.textbox(label="Request Name").fill("Example Request")
page.textbox(placeholder="example@example.com").fill("user@example.com")
page.date(label="Required Award Date").fill("10/15/2026")
page.checkbox(label="Is this request for a conference?").select("Yes")
page.button(name="Next").click()

Textboxes, dates, and selection components automatically move focus out after a value changes so Appian can process it.

What belongs where?

Your application tests
        ↓
robo-appian       Appian controls and Appian behavior
        ↓
robo-automation   Browser and pytest infrastructure
        ↓
Playwright

Your application project should own application URLs, login policy, business workflows, assertions, and test data.

Documentation

Start with the beginner guides:

Installation
Quick Start
Your First Test
Choosing a Component
Troubleshooting

Advanced architecture and pytest integration are documented separately for framework maintainers.

Full documentation:

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

License

robo-appian is licensed under the MIT License.

Error handling

Appian-specific library failures use RoboAppianError, which is also a RoboAutomationError. Normal tests should usually let pytest report these errors. If you need recovery or diagnostic handling, see How to use RoboAppianError for examples using code, details, to_dict(), and exception chaining.

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