Simple Robot Framework / Angular Example - README
Overview
This is a simple example showing you how you can test “conventional” and Angular-based sites using the Robot Framework.
What Does The Test Do?
- Navigate to www.aurorafilmsociety.org
- Click on the Paypal link to purchase a subscription
- Confirm that the text in the Paypal page is correct.
I’ve run this test about 100 times on my laptop and have not yet accidentally purchased a subscription, and of course that’s not the purpose of the test. However, YMMV.
Why This Test?
- It’s a common workflow that a lot of people use (Wordpress -> Paypal)
- It demonstrates how to locate elements in a conventional site (Wordpress) and and Angular site (Paypal).
Quickstart
Install Python 2
Yup, I know, I know, but it’s a requirement at this time. Hopefully the Robot Framework will have better support for Python 3 in the near future.
Install Your Preferred Webdriver
For Chrome you need webdriver and for Firefox you need
geckodriver. Installation is pretty simple but outside the scope
of this tutorial.
(Optional) Create a Python 2 Virtualenv
If this doesn’t make sense then it’s safe to skip it :-)
Install the Dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run The Example Automated Test
# Run the test regularly with Chrome robot -d Output .\afs_tests.robot # Run with verbose logging robot -L DEBUG -d Output .\afs_tests.robot # Run in firefox robot -d Output -v "browser:firefox" .\afs_tests.robot