Robot Framework Automation Examples (Selenium + API )

This project demonstrates the use of the Robot Framework for both Selenium-based web automation and API testing. It includes example test suites that showcase how Robot Framework can be used to automate UI workflows and validate API endpoints.

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ROBOT-DEMO/
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├── .github/               # GitHub-related workflows or configs
├── drivers/               # Browser drivers (e.g., chromedriver)
│   └── chromedriver
├── libraries/             # Custom Python or Robot libraries
├── resources/             # Resource files (keywords, variables)
├── test-data/             # Test input files (e.g., images, CSVs)
│   └── mandella-worldcup.jpeg
├── tests/                 # Robot Framework test cases
│   ├── api/               # API test cases
│   ├── examples/          # Sample or reference test cases
│   └── selenium/          # UI tests using Selenium
├── .gitignore             # Git ignore rules
├── log.html               # Robot test execution log
├── output.xml             # Robot test execution raw output
├── report.html            # Robot test execution summary report
└── README.md              # Project documentation

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🛠️ Setup Instructions

1. Install Python (Recommended: Python 3.8+)

You can download Python from python.org. Make sure to check "Add Python to PATH" during installation.

2. Install Robot Framework and SeleniumLibrary

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install setuptools                   # Required for FakerLibrary
pip install robotframework
pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary
pip install robotframework-requests
pip install robotframework-faker
pip install Faker

3. Install WebDriver (ChromeDriver)

Ensure Chrome is installed and download the corresponding ChromeDriver from: https://sites.google.com/chromium.org/driver/

Place the driver in a folder that's in your system PATH.

4. Install VS Code or PyCharm (Optional but recommended)

• VS Code: Install the "Robot Framework Language Server" extension.

Here’s a clean and clear update for the VS Code setup section in your README.md:

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🧩 VS Code Setup

Make sure to install the following extensions to enable full support for Robot Framework development:

• ✅ Robot Framework Language Server — Syntax highlighting, code completion, and Robot language support.
• 🐍 Python — Required for running and debugging Python-based tools.
• 🐞 Python Debugger (debugpy) — Enables debugging Python code used in custom libraries.
• 📏 Pylint — For linting Python files and maintaining code quality.

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▶️ Running Tests

Run all test cases

robot tests/

Run a specific test suite

robot tests/selenium/test_login.robot

Run with output directory

robot -d results tests/

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🌐 Components Automated

You can revise the original section to reflect that your test automation suite now includes API tests in addition to Selenium-based UI component tests.

Here’s the updated version:

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🌐 Components Automated

Our test suite includes both UI and API automation using Selenium and Robot Framework with RequestsLibrary. The automated components and features include:

🖥️ UI Components (Selenium)

• Add/Remove Elements
• Alerts & Modal Dialogs
• Context Menu
• Login & Error Handling
• Dynamic Controls
• File Uploads
• Frames & Windows
• JavaScript Alerts
• and more...

🔗 API Components (Robot Framework)

• User Login & Logout
• Create Contact with Static & Random Data (Faker)
• Validate Response Structure
• Field-by-field Response Validation
• Negative Testing (e.g., create after logout)

These API tests use:

• RequestsLibrary for HTTP interactions
• FakerLibrary for generating random, realistic test data
• Custom libraries and keywords for reusable components and test logic

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🧪 Test Execution Reports

After running the tests, Robot Framework will generate:

• report.html – Summary of test execution
• log.html – Detailed logs
• output.xml – Raw result data

All located inside the results/ directory.

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✅ Best Practices

• Page Object style keyword definitions are stored in resources/.
• Common variables (e.g., ${URL}, ${BROWSER}, ${TIMEOUT}) are stored in variables.py.
• Browser runs in incognito mode by default with additional ChromeOptions.

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🧠 Author

Janesh Kodikara