Using a directory structure for robot framework testing

Question

I want to run tests in Robot Framework.

I would also like the following kind of directory structure for the robot framework tests:

Root directory
- Libraries
  - Library.py
- Resource Files
  - Resource.txt
- Tests
  - test_1.txt
  - test_2.txt

Or something along those lines. However, I do not know how to write my tests so they can access my library and resource files. For example, how to import Libraries\Library.py from Tests\test_1.txt.

What would be the best way to approach this?
Is there a syntax for acessing files in the parent directory?
Should I import the resource and library files in every test file, or is there a way to do it only once?

Ed Brannin · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-17 15:35:40Z

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Robot automatically defines an ${EXECDIR} variable that we're using in place of ${ROOT} from Bryan's answer.

Pros:

System-independent

Cons:

May depend on how you invoke PyBot (working dir in command prompt, or which folder you open in RIDE)

answered Sep 17, 2014 at 15:35

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cabbi Over a year ago

EXECDIR was exactly what I needed!

Bryan Oakley · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-07 12:04:03Z

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Using relative imports

Robot supports relative imports. You can use .. to represent the parent of a directory. In your example you would do it this way:

*** Settings ***
| Resource | ../Resource Files/Resource.txt
| Library  | ../Libraries/Library.py

Defining the root in a variable

You can use variables in your settings table, so you could define a variable that points to the root of your repository. You would use this variable for all of your imports. For example:

*** Settings ***
| Resource | ${ROOT}/Resource Files/Resource.txt
| Library  | ${ROOT}/Libraries/Library.py

You can set this variable on the command line with the --variable option:

$ pybot --variable ROOT /path/to/root tests

edited Aug 7, 2014 at 12:04

answered Aug 7, 2014 at 11:33

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Little Py Over a year ago

Thank you, this will come in handy.

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