Robot Framework Installation Guide

What is Robot Framework?

Robot framework is open source software which is used for acceptance testing and acceptance-test driven development. In addition, the syntax is easy to use and easy to understand.

Pre-Requisite

1. Selenium

Download http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/

2. Python 2.7

Download https://www.python.org/downloads/

3. WxPython 32 bit version 2.8

Download https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxpython/files/wxPython/2.8.12.1/

4. Appium Desktop App

Download https://appium.io/downloads.html

5. Node JS

Download https://nodejs.org/en/download/

6. Java JDK

Download http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

7. Android SDK

Download https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html

8. USB Samsung Device

Download http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?

v=T000000117

9. Tortoise SVN

Download https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html

10. PyCharm

Download https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/download/

Python Installation

After installed, python will be kept in this path C:\Python27. After that, verify that python can work by

• Open cmd

• Type > python

The result will show " python is not recognized as an internal or external command "

It can solve by set variable environment path.

Pip (Python Installer Package)

Pip is a package management system which is used to install and manage package libraries e.g. Robot Framework.

• Download get-pip.py from https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/Then, move file to working directory and run this command

>python get-pip.py

• To test pip can work by typing

>pip The screen will show as below picture

Installation via command Line

• Install Robot Framework

>pip install robotframework

• Install RIDE

>pip install robotframework-ride

• Install Selenium2 & Appium library

>pip install robotframework-selenium2Library

>pip install robotframework-appiumlibrary

**Remark: Firefox Browser on selenium 3.x require version 0.48 or later**

• Install Excel Library for Robot Framework via Command line

>pip install robotframework-excellibrary

Append --upgrade to update both the library and all its dependencies to the latest version:

>pip install --upgrade robotframework-excellibrary

• Install beautifulsoup&xlsxWriter Library for Robot Framework via Command line

Install beautifulsoup Library use pull data from Report.html:

>pip install beautifulsoup4

• Install xlxs Library for write data to Excel file

>pip install xlsxWriter

• Install AutoItLibrary for Robot Framework

Install pypiwin32 library extension modules for access window api function

>pip install pypiwin32

• Install AutoItLibrary for Automation Test on COM Interface

>pip install AutoItLibrary or Download from source

(e.g. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/AutoItLibrary/1.1.post1)

SDK Manager

• Download and install android SDK from https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html

• Select following packages and install

Set environment variables path

• Python27

Set path variable >> C:\Python27

• Java JDK

Set path variable >> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_91\bin

• Android SDK

Set path variable >> C:\Users\ Users \AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools

• Appium

Set path variable >> C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium

Set path variable >> C:\Program Files (x86)\Appium\node_modules

• Node.js

Set path variable >> C:\Program Files\nodejs

After we installed and set up the programs , then type

> ride.py

on the command line to open RIDE

RIDE interface