Libdoc2TestBench

Libdoc2TestBench is a Robot Framework Libdoc extension that generates import formats compatible with imbus TestBench. It can be used to generate TestBench interactions and datatypes from Robot Framework libraries.

Installation:

To install this package you can use the following pip command:

pip install robotframework-libdoc2testbench

Notice: This extension requires Robot Framework 5.0.0 or later and does not work with earlier versions.

Usage:

There are three main use cases:

• Import official Robot Framework libraries
• Import custom Robot Framework libraries
• Import Robot Framework resource files

Import Official Robot Framework Libraries

For the most basic usage, simply pass a Robot Framework library as an argument to the Libdoc2TestBench command. Libdoc2TestBench will create a zip file with the name of the library in the current working directory. This zip file can be imported into TestBench to use Robot Framework keywords within TestBench.

Libdoc2TestBench <LIBRARY>

The <LIBRARY> argument corresponds to the Robot Framework library name that you would use to import the library in the *** Settings *** section of a robot/resource file. The second positional argument can be used to specify the name of the generated zip file:

Libdoc2TestBench <LIBRARY> <output.zip>

Import the generated TestBench zip file

The generated zip file can be imported via the Import Project... menu entry in the Project Management view of imbus TestBench:

Afterwards, you'll find your imported Robot Framework library, the different interactions and the datatypes in the Test Elements view:

The imported test elements can be copied to any other TestBench project.

Import custom robotframework librarys

Libdoc2TestBench can also be used to import custom Robot Framework libraries or resource files. For that purpose, you can specify the path to your Python or resource file or to a directory containing multiple libraries. If a directory is given as an input argument, Libdoc2TestBench searches all subdirectories recursively and creates the same subdirectory structure in TestBench.

Example Libdoc2Testbench usage:

Libdoc2TestBench path/to/mycustomlibrary.py

Importing multiple librarys and resource files at once

Libdoc2TestBench can be used to import multiple libraries and resource files at once. This can be achieved by specifying a special Robot Framework section called *** Import List *** and passing the file that contains this section as the input argument to Libdoc2TestBench.

Example for a import List:

*** Import List ***
BrowserLibrary
BuiltIn
mycustomlibrary.py
myresource.resource

Example Libdoc2Testbench usage:

Libdoc2TestBench import_list.libdoc

Support for pyproject.toml configuration

The options specified in the Command line arguments section can also be used in a pyproject.toml file. By simply adding a new section in your TOML file called [tool.libdoc2testbench], you can specify the libdoc2testbench options by using their full names."

[tool.libdoc2testbench]
created_datatypes = "ENUMS"
library_root = "Robot"
resource_root = "Robot"
library_name_extension = "[Robot-Library]"
resource_name_extension = "[Robot-Resource]"
excluded_paths = [
  "**/*.py",
  ]

Exclude single keywords from the import

Sometimes we don't want to import every single keyword of a custom library or resource file into TestBench. To mark those keywords that should not be imported into TestBench, we can add a tag to those keywords. For that purpose, we can either use the Robot Framework built-in tag robot:private or tb:ignore.

Link a Robot Framework keyword to an already existing TestBench interaction

In case an interaction is already created in TestBench which should, in a next step, be implemented in Robot Framework, the UID of the already existing interaction needs to be linked to the new keyword. Otherwise, the keyword will be imported into TestBench as a new interaction. For that purpose, the tb:uid:<unique_id> tag can be added to the keyword to set the specific unique ID with which it should be imported.

Command line arguments

There are several optional arguments that follow the structure of the robot.libdoc module. When generating imports from a Robot Framework library, these values should already be set up correctly. You may overwrite the docformat and other metadata by setting the associated arguments written below.

Change log

• 1.3
  • Added the possibility to specify the path to a directory containing different library files. Libdoc2TestBench will create the test element structure analogously to the structure of the specified directory.
  • Added support for pyproject.toml files.
  • Removed legacy options libname and libversion.
• 1.2
  • Added library keyword return types with Robot Framework version >= 7.
  • Added datatype creation options with default values.
  • Removed the --xml cli option
  • Removed the --temp cli option
• 1.1
  • Added TestBench datatypes
  • Added default values
• 1.0rc2
  • ADDED optional arguments for:
    • xml-file output (instead of zip-file)
    • custom temporary directory
    • changing the repository id in the xml-header
    • custom primary key enumeration start
    • info command for printing Libdoc2TestBench/Robot Framework/Python version to console
    • support for resource-files (attachment support coming soon)
  • FIX:
    • only create _Datatype subdivison in libraries when datatypes are present
    • Resource subdivison is now in the correct parent subdivision
    • Updated README.md / package help-messages to reflect changes
• 1.0rc1
  • first release candidate

License

Distributed under the Apache-2.0 license. See LICENSE for more information.

Dependencies

• python >= 3.8
• robotframework >= 5.0.0