Python- Robot Framework Rebot Using List

Question

I am attempting to use a list of output files to merge them into one single file. I need to use a list to store these different files but when I call the rebot function using the list I get the following error,

[ ERROR ] Reading XML source '<in-memory file>' failed: TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not list

I have tried converting the list to a string value but that will read the list as one long string, which is not what I want. Does anyone know how I can use a list and the rebot function? Here is my example code:

import robot
list_1 = ["output1.xml", "output2.xml"]
robot.rebot(list_1)

S.McWhorter · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-03 16:49:55Z

3

I was able to find a simple solution by using robot.rebot_cli() instead of robot.rebot(). The answer to my example code shown above is as follows. Also, (a side note) running rebot_cli will terminate the program once it is finished merging the files together. To prevent this from happening I included exit=False :

import robot
list_1 = ["output1.xml", "output2.xml"]
robot.rebot_cli(list_1,exit=False)

edited Dec 3, 2018 at 16:49

answered Dec 3, 2018 at 15:08

S.McWhorter

1511 gold badge1 silver badge16 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

A. Kootstra · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-03 14:10:12Z

0

From the Robot Framework API guide for Rebot the following example is given for this particular question:

from robot import rebot

with open('stdout.txt', 'w') as stdout:
    rebot('o1.xml', 'o2.xml', name='Example', log=None, stdout=stdout)

answered Dec 3, 2018 at 14:10

A. Kootstra

7,0313 gold badges22 silver badges45 bronze badges

2 Comments

S.McWhorter Over a year ago

I'm sorry, I don't see how this helps. You are still listing the different .xml files out one by one. I need a way to call them from a list, rather than just typing them in individually.

A. Kootstra Over a year ago

The rebot command takes them as two arguments. If you want to wrap with another function that takes a 2-item list and splits it into the rebot argument 1 and 2, shouldn't be too difficult.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Python- Robot Framework Rebot Using List

2 Answers 2

Comments

2 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

2 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related