ROBOT FRAMEWORK TEST REGRESSION

Quick Start Install Procedure

• navigate to the robotWrapper directory
• python -m venv robotVenv
• robotVenv\Scripts\activate
• python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
• If this does not work, you can install each library one at a time:
• pip install <insert_library>

Running

• Ensure to always activate your virtual environment before running tests:
• To activate: Navigate to robotWrapper directory, then enter robotVenv\Scripts\activate
• To deactivate: Navigate to robotWrapper directory, then enter robotVenv\Scripts\deactivate.bat
• Runs with robot framework
• To run this enter: robot tests (into your command prompt)
• The above command runs whatever test suite you want to select, or all test suites if you select the highest level directory
• Added a python wrapper script that outputs all files into a table (html) in reverse chronological order
• To run this enter: python htmlWrapper.py (into your command prompt)
• This script writes the test output data to a Logs directory in /testResults
• All past tests in this directory are displayed in a table in reverse chronological order, with links to the robotframework reports and logs

References

• robot --variable LOGGER_COMPORT:COM9 --variable IPI_COMPORT:COM4
• the command above lets you change what COMPORT you are writing to
• robot --pythonpath C:\Users\rechegaray\Desktop\robotWrapper\tests\ipi v1.robot
• the command above lets you add a path to your pythonpath file
• http://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/RobotFrameworkUserGuide
• the link above is the robot framework user guide
• you can also type robot --help to display a list of several commands/parameters