automation python robotframework rpa testing uiautomation windows

RPALite - An Open Source RPA (Robotic Process Automation) Programming Library for Python and Robot Framework

Introduction

RPALite is an open-source RPA (Robotic Process Automation) library. You can use RPALite through Python or Robot Framework to achieve various automation tasks.

In the current version, RPALite only supports the Windows platform, and support for other platforms will be added in future versions.

Features

Currently, RPALite supports the following operations on the Windows platform:

Launching applications
Finding applications by name or ClassName
Closing applications
Mouse clicking on specific text
Locating and inputting into text boxes based on placeholders or labels
Mouse clicking based on coordinates
Support for left-click, right-click, and double-click operations
Locating controls based on Windows control names, classes, or Automation IDs and getting their coordinates
Image-based location. You can pass a partial screenshot to RPALite to return the coordinates of the corresponding part on the screen.

Performance Optimization

The most time-consuming operations in RPALite are image recognition and OCR. For OCR, we use EasyOCR. EasyOCR runs more efficiently on computers with dedicated GPUs and CUDA support. If you find RPALite running slowly, consider running it on a computer with a dedicated GPU and CUDA support and installing the appropriate version of PyTorch.

Documentation

In the following sections, we provide a Quick Start Guide to give you a basic understanding of RPALite.

Here are links to more detailed documentation:

In addition to the above documents, we provide an English version of the Robot Framework Library documentation, which you can access through the Online Robot Framework Documentation. If you prefer to view it locally, you can open the Robot Framework Library documentation in the project directory.

Installation

You can install RPALite via pip:

pip install RPALite

Quick Start

As mentioned earlier, you can use RPALite with Python or Robot Framework. Here are some examples:

Python

Below is an example of using RPALite to operate Windows Notepad:

from RPALite import RPALite
rpalite = RPALite()

# Press Win + D to show the desktop
rpalite.send_keys("{VK_LWIN down}D{VK_LWIN up}")

# Run Notepad and input some text
rpalite.run_command("notepad.exe")
rpalite.input_text("This is a demo using RPALite.\n")

# Find the Notepad app and close it
app = rpalite.find_application(".*Notepad")
rpalite.close_app(app)

Robot Framework

Below is an example of using RPALite to operate Windows Notepad:

*** Settings ***
Library    RPALite

*** Test Cases ***
Test Notepad
    Send Keys    {VK_LWIN down}D{VK_LWIN up}
    Run Command    notepad.exe
    ${app} =     Find Application    .*Notepad
    Maximize Window    ${app}
    Input Text    This is a demo using RPALite.
    Close App    ${app}

Contribution Guidelines

If you wish to contribute code to RPALite, feel free to submit a Pull Request. Ensure your code style is consistent with the existing codebase and passes all tests in the tests directory. Additionally, make sure to update unit tests for any new or modified code.

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/jieliu2000/RPALite
Gitee Repository: https://gitee.com/jieliu2000/rpalite
Gitcode Repository: https://gitcode.com/jieliu2000/rpalite

About

An open source RPA (Robotic Process Automation) library for python and Robot Framework