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Robot Framework Generic Action

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Robot Framework Generic Action

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Robot Framework Generic Action

Run Automate test with Robot Framework on Github Action

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Robot Framework Generic Action

              
  uses: dchourasia/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in dchourasia/robotframework-github-action

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Robot Framework GitHub Action

Github action can be used to run Robot Framework tests.

using https://hub.docker.com/r/ppodgorsek/robot-framework for base image.

Custom on base ppodgorsek/robot-framework

can custom on ppodgorsek/robot-framework base image for install dependeincies or libraries

The versions used are:

  • Robot Framework 4.1
  • Robot Framework Browser Library 6.0.0
  • Robot Framework DatabaseLibrary 1.2.4
  • Robot Framework Datadriver 1.4.1
  • Robot Framework DateTimeTZ 1.0.6
  • Robot Framework Faker 5.0.0
  • Robot Framework FTPLibrary 1.9
  • Robot Framework IMAPLibrary 2 0.4.0
  • Robot Framework Pabot 2.0.1
  • Robot Framework Requests 0.9.1
  • Robot Framework SeleniumLibrary 5.1.3
  • Robot Framework SSHLibrary 3.7.0
  • Axe Selenium Library 2.1.6
  • Firefox ESR 78
  • Chromium 86.0
  • Amazon AWS CLI 1.20.6

Example usage

Run with chrome:

jobs:
  robot_test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    - name: Robot Framework
      uses: tarathep/[email protected]
      with:
        tests_dir: '${{ github.workspace }}/tests/robot'
        reports_dir: '${{ github.workspace }}/tests/robot/reports'

Custom image in dependencies at Dockerfile and push image to DockerHub

FROM ppodgorsek/robot-framework:latest
RUN pip install <lib>
RUN execute sh ..

Example run with Custom image

jobs:
  robot_test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    - name: Robot Framework
      uses: tarathep/[email protected]
      with:
        image: kietara/robot-framework
        image_version: 1.0
        tests_dir: '${{ github.workspace }}/tests/robot'
        reports_dir: '${{ github.workspace }}/tests/robot/reports'

Configurations

Available configurations in with block:

Name Default Description
image ppodgorsek/robot-framework Custom image name for execute robot framework
image_version latest Custom tag verion image for execute robot framework
tests_dir robot_tests Directory where Robot tests are located in the repository
reports_dir reports Where will the report from test be saved
allowed_shared_memory '1g' How much container can use shared memory
browser 'chrome' Available options chrome / firefox
robot_threads 1 Change this > 1 if you want to run tests in parallel
pabot_options '' These are only used if robot_threads > 1
robot_options '' Pass extra settings for robot command
screen_color_depth 24 Color depth of the virtual screen
screen_height 1080 Height of the virtual screen
screen_width 1920 Width of the virtual screen

credit ref. https://github.com/joonvena/robotframework-docker-action