robotframework-templateddata 1.3.0

Robot Framework library for generating test data from templates

TemplatedData

• Introduction

• Requirements

• Installation

• Usage

Introduction

TemplatedData is Robot Framework library for dynamically generated test data using robot variables and Jinja templating.

Requirements

Python 3.6+ and Robot Framework 3.2.1+.

TemplatedData will most likely work on other versions but it’s not tested on them.

Installation

You can install TemplateData by running:

pip install robotframework-templateddata

Usage

You need to import TemplatedData as library first:

*** Settings ***
Library    TemplatedData

TemplatedData will replace all occurences of robot variables (${var}) in file or variable using current robot context and scopes. All test data in below examples are saved under ‘test_data.txt’ files

Test data:

my variable is ${var}

Robot code:

${var}     Set Variable    ${10}
${data}    Get Templated Data From Path    test_data.txt
Log    ${data} # it should print `my variable is 10`

If the variable is not found it will be replaced with empty string. You can override that behaviour:

${data}    Get Templated Data From Path    test_data.txt    default_empty=${5}
Log    ${data} # it should print `my variable is 5`

You can also set default value of variable with : symbol.

Test data:

my variable is ${var} and ${var2:some string}

Robot code:

${var}     Set Variable    ${10}
${data}    Get Templated Data From Path    test_data.txt
Log    ${data} # it should print `my variable is 10 and some string`

Return value can be either text/string (default) or json.

Test data:

{ "key": "${var}" }

Robot code:

${data}    Get Templated Data From Path    test_data.txt    var=value    return_type=json
Log    ${data} # it should print `{ "key": "value" }` and ${data} will be of type json