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Robot Framework is a flexible, open-source test automation tool that can be used for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development. It's a keyword-driven testing framework that uses tabular test data syntax. Perform JUnit test on LambdaTest's online cloud.

Learn the basics of Appium testing on the LambdaTest platform.

Pre-requisites
Run Your First Test
Executing The Tests

Pre-requisites

Before you can start performing App automation testing with Appium, you would need to follow these steps:

Install the latest stable Python build from the official website.
Make sure pip is installed in your system. You can install pip from here.

Clone The Sample Project

Clone the LambdaTest’s 🔗 LT-appium-python-robot repository and navigate to the code directory as shown below:

git clone https://github.com/LambdaTest/LT-appium-python-robot
cd LT-appium-python-robot

Setting Up Your Authentication

Make sure you have your LambdaTest credentials with you to run test automation scripts on LambdaTest. To obtain your access credentials, purchase a plan or access the Automation Dashboard.

Replace LambdaTest username and accesskey in the common.robot file as mentioned below:

*** Settings ***
Library  AppiumLibrary

*** Variables ***
// highlight-start
${username}         username
${accesskey}        accesskey
// highlight-end
${REMOTE_URL}       https://${username}:${accesskey}@mobile-hub.lambdatest.com/wd/hub
${TIMEOUT}          3000

*** Keywords ***
Open test app
    Open Application  ${REMOTE_URL}  platformName=${platform}  platformVersion=${version}  deviceName=${deviceName}  visual=${visual}  network=${network}  isRealMobile=${isRealMobile}   app=${app}   name=Robot Framework Sample Test    build=Appium Python Robot

Close test app
    Close Application

Upload Your Application

Upload your iOS application (.ipa file) or android application (.apk file) to the LambdaTest servers using our REST API. You need to provide your Username and AccessKey in the format Username:AccessKey in the cURL command for authentication. Make sure to add the path of the appFile in the cURL request. Here is an example cURL request to upload your app using our REST API:

Using App File:

For Linux/macOS:

curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \
--location --request POST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \
--form 'name="Android_App"' \
--form 'appFile=@"/Users/macuser/Downloads/proverbial_android.apk"'

For Windows:

curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" -X POST "https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice" -F "appFile=@"/Users/macuser/Downloads/proverbial_android.apk""

Using App URL:

For Linux/macOS:

curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \
--location --request POST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \
--form 'name="Android_App"' \
--form 'url="https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk"'

For Windows:

curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" -X POST "https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice" -d "{"url":"https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk","name":"sample.apk"}"

Tip:

If you do not have any .apk or .ipa file, you can run your sample tests on LambdaTest by using our sample 🔗 Android app or sample 🔗 iOS app.
Response of above cURL will be a JSON object containing the App URL of the format - lt://APP123456789123456789 and will be used in the next step.

Run Your First Test

Once you are done with the above-mentioned steps, you can initiate your first Robot test on LambdaTest.

Test Scenario: Check out Android.robot file to view the sample test script for android and iOS.java for iOS.

Configuring Your Test Capabilities

You need to update your capabilities in Makefile files. In this sample project, we have provided the examples for running tests on both Android and iOS apps. We are passing platform name, platform version, device name and app url (generated earlier) along with other capabilities like build name and test name via capabilities object. The capabilities object in the sample code for a single test are defined as:

test_Android1:
	robot --variable version:10 --variable platform:Android --variable deviceName:"Galaxy S20" --variable isRealMobile:true --variable visual:true --variable network:false --variable console:false --variable app:"lt://" Tests/Android.robot

test_iOS1:
	robot --variable version:14 --variable platform:iOS --variable deviceName:"iPhone 11" --variable isRealMobile:true --variable visual:true --variable network:false --variable console:false --variable app:"lt://" Tests/IOS.robot

Info Note:

You must add the generated APP_URL to the "app" capability in the config file.
You can generate capabilities for your test requirements with the help of our inbuilt 🔗 Capabilities Generator tool. A more Detailed Capability Guide is available here 📄 .

Executing The Tests

Run the following command in the directory to install the relevant dependencies.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Execute the following command to run your test on LambdaTest platform:

make test_iOS1

make test_Android1

Info: Your test results would be displayed on the test console (or command-line interface if you are using terminal/cmd) and on the 🔗 LambdaTest App Automation Dashboard.

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