If you are a Python lover and need to automate your applications, just try RobotFramework with Python 3.
I have written a simple web test automation project that includes general things that you will need.
- Keyword Driven (Gherkin style) Test cases.
- Page Object Pattern in Python.
- Selenium Webdriver.
- Good Test reporting and logging.
There are lots of inbuilt libraries and support for API, Appium Mobile testing, Database testing, Desktop testing. Also, You should create your own custom library and import it in the Robot Framework.
You should get in love with CI/CD integration plugins and robot framework’s command line support. I should not say that there is no need for programming knowledge, but I believe that will be the easiest one for you. It is easier than Java+Cucumber. Less code with Python, less programming knowledge with Python, fewer extensibility problems with Robot Framework.
It is not magic, it’s Python.
Tested on:
- Robot Framework 3.1.2 (Python 3.8.1 on win32)
- Python 3.8.1
- SeleniumLibrary 4.1.0
Required installations
- Python 3 -> https://www.python.org/downloads/
- pip install robotframework
- pip install –upgrade robotframework-pageobjectlibrary
- pip install –upgrade robotframework-seleniumlibrary
- pip install webdrivermanager
- webdrivermanager firefox chrome –linkpath /usr/local/bin
- pip install -r requirements.txt
Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) in Gherkin
Running Tests Commands
robot tests\HepsiburadaTest.robot
robot –variable BROWSER:Chrome tests\HepsiburadaTest.robot
robot –variable BROWSER:Firefox tests\HepsiburadaTest.robot
IntelliJ settings
Open (File-> project Structure -> Project Settings -> Project)
Select (Project SDK-> New -> Python SDK)
Select (Add Python Interpreter->System Interpreter-> OK/Apply)
OS System Environment Variables (for Windows)
Add the following lines to your PATH env. variable. You need to edit the username and version fields. Otherwise, you should get the following errors.
WebDriverException: Message: ‘geckodriver’ executable needs to be in PATH.
WebDriverException: Message: ‘chromedriver’ executable needs to be in PATH.
C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38 C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\salabs_\WebDriverManager\gecko\v0.26.0\geckodriver-v0.26.0-win64
C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\salabs_\WebDriverManager\chrome\79.0.3945.36\chromedriver_win32\
Extra Information/Libraries/Updates/Documentations/Tools
Repository of the project
https://github.com/swtestacademy/RobotFramework-Python3-SeleniumLibrary-WebTestSuite
Thanks.
Ozgur Kaya
Özgür KAYA is a Senior Software Testing and DevOps professional with 10+ years of experience. He has worked at Turkcell Global Bilgi, Veripark, Turkcell, N11, Trendyol, Emirates Airlines, and Arute Solutions, and Mobven.