lipq1/robotframework-templateddata

Robot Framework library for generating test data from templates

TemplatedData

Introduction

TemplatedData is Robot Framework library for dynamically generated test data using robot variables and Jinja templating.

Requirements

Python 3.6+ and Robot Framework 3.2.1+.

TemplatedData will most likely work on other versions but it's not tested on them.

Installation

You can install TemplateData by running:

pip install robotframework-templateddata

Usage

You need to import TemplatedData as library first:

*** Settings ***
Library    TemplatedData

TemplatedData will replace all occurences of robot variables (${var}) in file or variable using current robot context and scopes. All test data in below examples are saved under 'test_data.txt' files

Test data:

my variable is ${var}

Robot code:

${var}     Set Variable    ${10}
${data}    Get Templated Data From Path    test_data.txt
Log    ${data} # it should print `my variable is 10`

If the variable is not found it will be replaced with empty string. You can override that behaviour:

${data}    Get Templated Data From Path    test_data.txt    default_empty=${5}
Log    ${data} # it should print `my variable is 5`

You can also set default value of variable with : symbol.

Test data:

my variable is ${var} and ${var2:some string}

Robot code:

${var}     Set Variable    ${10}
${data}    Get Templated Data From Path    test_data.txt
Log    ${data} # it should print `my variable is 10 and some string`

Return value can be either text/string (default) or json.

Test data:

{ "key": "${var}" }

Robot code:

${data}    Get Templated Data From Path    test_data.txt    var=value    return_type=json
Log    ${data} # it should print `{ "key": "value" }` and ${data} will be of type json