Declaring a variable in Robot Framework

Introduction

The first way is to create global variables at the beginning of the .robot file

The second is to use Set Variable

In the *** Variables *** block

Remember that there must be more than one space between the = sign and the value being assigned.

*** Settings *** # make at least two spaces beetween Documentation Simple example using SeleniumLibrary. Library SeleniumLibrary *** Variables *** ${WEBSITE_URL} = www.aredel.com *** Test Cases *** Test case number one [documentation] Web url test [tags] web Log To Console ${WEBSITE_URL}

Inside the test case

*** Settings *** # make at least two spaces beetween Documentation Simple example using SeleniumLibrary. Library SeleniumLibrary *** Variables *** *** Test Cases *** Test case number one [documentation] Web url test [tags] web ${WEBSITE_URL} = Set Variable www.heihei.ru Log To Console ${WEBSITE_URL}

Official documentation

Set Suite Variable

To make a variable available to all tests in a suite, Set Suite Variable is used.

In the following example, the variable is set in the Setting Suite Var test case and is used in Using Suite Var

*** Test Cases *** Setting Suite Var Set Suite Variable ${ID} ${10} Using Suite Var Log To Console ${ID}

============================================================================== Setting Suite Var | PASS | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Using Suite Var 10 Using Suite Var | PASS |

& Dictionary

If you need to save a dictionary in a variable, you need to use &

*** Settings *** # make at least two spaces beetween Documentation Simple example using SeleniumLibrary. Library SeleniumLibrary *** Variables *** *** Test Cases *** Test case number one [documentation] Web url test [tags] web &{VARIABLE} = Some Keyword Log To Console ${VARIABLE}

Article author: Andrei Olegovich