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To generate fake test data in Robot Framework, we can use Robot Framework Faker library. This library contains 147 keywords used for generating random test data. You can find all the keyword by visiting Robot Framework site. Installation is very easy using the pip command.
pip install robotframework-faker
See the example One below (4 examples are introduced for the Robot Framework Faker library)
To generate fake test data in Robot Framework, we can use Robot Framework Faker library. This library contains 147 keywords used for generating random test data. You can find all the keyword by visiting Robot Framework site. Installation is very easy using the pip command.
pip install robotframework-faker
See the example Two below (4 examples are introduced for the Robot Framework Faker library)
*** Settings ***
Library FakerLibrary locale=en_US
*** Test Cases ***
Generate Fake Data Example2
[Documentation] Robot Framework Faker allows users to generate random test data by using Faker's random test data generation keywords. Using Faker, users avoid using static test data for testing and improve the test to simulate real world data.
[Tags] Faker
Comment Generate Date Time Between
${Date Time Between} Date Time Between start_date=1y end_date=now
Log ${Date Time Between}
Comment Generate
Comment Generate Date Time This Century
${Date Time This Century} Date Time This Century
Log ${Date Time This Century}
Comment Generate Date Time This Decade
${Date Time This Decade} Date Time This Decade
Log ${Date Time This Decade}
Comment Generate Date Time This Month
${Date Time This Month} Date Time This Month
Log ${Date Time This Month}
Comment Generate Date Time This Year
${Date Time This Year} Date Time This Year
Log ${Date Time This Year}
Comment Generate Day Of Month
${Day Of Month} Day Of Month
Log ${Day Of Month}
Comment Generate Day Of Week
${Day Of Week} Day Of Week
Log ${Day Of Week}
Comment Generate Domain Name
${Domain Name} Domain Name
Log ${Domain Name}
Comment Generate Domain Word
${Domain Word} Domain Word
Log ${Domain Word}
Comment Generate Email
${Email} Email
Log ${Email}
Comment Generate Firefox
${Firefox} Firefox
Log ${Firefox}
Comment Generate First Name
${First Name} First Name
Log ${First Name}
Comment Generate First Name Female
${First Name Female} First Name Female
Log ${First Name Female}
Comment Generate First Name Male
${First Name Male} First Name Male
Log ${First Name Male}
Comment Generate Free Email
${Free Email} Free Email
Log ${Free Email}
Comment Generate Free Email Domain
${Free Email Domain} Free Email Domain
Log ${Free Email Domain}
Comment Generate Geo Coordinate
${Geo Coordinate} Geo Coordinate
Log ${Geo Coordinate}
Comment Generate Hex Color
${Hex Color} Hex Color
Log ${Hex Color}
Comment Generate Init
${Init} Init
Log ${Init}
Comment Generate Internet Explorer
${Internet Explorer} Internet Explorer
Log ${Internet Explorer}
Comment Generate Ipv 4
${Ipv 4} Ipv 4
Log ${Ipv 4}
Comment Generate Ipv 6
${Ipv 6} Ipv 6
Log ${Ipv 6}
Comment Generate Iso 8601
${Iso 8601} Iso 8601
Log ${Iso 8601}
Comment Generate Job
${Job} Job
Log ${Job}
Comment Generate Language Code
${Language Code} Language Code
Log ${Language Code}
Comment Generate Last Name
${Last Name} Last Name
Log ${Last Name}
Comment Generate Latitude
${Latitude} Latitude
Log ${Latitude}
Comment Replace all question mark occurences with a random letter
${Lexify} Lexify text=????
Log ${Lexify}
Comment Generate Linux Platform Token
${Linux Platform Token} Linux Platform Token
Log ${Linux Platform Token}
Comment Generate Linux Processor
${Linux Processor} Linux Processor
Log ${Linux Processor}
Comment Generate Locale
${Locale} Locale
Log ${Locale}
Comment Generate Longitude
${Longitude} Longitude
Log ${Longitude}
Comment Generate Mac Platform Token
${Mac Platform Token} Mac Platform Token
Log ${Mac Platform Token}
To generate fake test data in Robot Framework, we can use Robot Framework Faker library. This library contains 147 keywords used for generating random test data. You can find all the keyword by visiting Robot Framework site. Installation is very easy using the pip command.
pip install robotframework-faker
See the example Three below (4 examples are introduced for the Robot Framework Faker library)
*** Settings ***
Library FakerLibrary locale=en_US
*** Test Cases ***
Generate Fake Data Example3
[Documentation] Robot Framework Faker allows users to generate random test data by using Faker's random test data generation keywords. Using Faker, users avoid using static test data for testing and improve the test to simulate real world data.
[Tags] Faker
Comment Generate Mac Processor
${Mac Processor} Mac Processor
Log ${Mac Processor}
Comment Generate Md 5
${Md 5} Md 5
Log ${Md 5}
Comment Generate Mime Type
${Mime Type} Mime Type
Log ${Mime Type}
Comment Generate Month
${Month} Month
Log ${Month}
Comment Generate Month Name
${Month Name} Month Name
Log ${Month Name}
Comment Generate Name
${Name} Name
Log ${Name}
Comment Generate Name Female
${Name Female} Name Female
Log ${Name Female}
Comment Generate Name Male
${Name Male} Name Male
Log ${Name Male}
Comment Generate Null Boolean
${Null Boolean} Null Boolean
Log ${Null Boolean}
Comment Replaces all hash sign ('#') occurrences with a random number Replaces all percentage sign ('%') occurrences with a not null number Replaces all exclamation mark ('!') occurrences with a random number from 0 to 9 or empty Replaces all at symbol ('@') occurrences with a random number from 1 to 9 or empty
${Numerify} Numerify text='1234##4%%1!!45@55'
Log ${Numerify}
Comment Generate Opera
${Opera} Opera
Log ${Opera}
Comment Generate a single paragraph param nb_sentences around how many sentences the paragraph should contain :param variable_nb_sentences set to false if you want exactly $nbSentences returned, otherwise $nbSentences may vary by +/-40% with a minimum of 1 :return string
${Paragraph} Paragraph nb_sentences=3
Log ${Paragraph}
Comment Generate an array of paragraphs param nb how many paragraphs to return :return array
${Paragraphs} Paragraphs nb=2
Log ${Paragraphs}
Comment Generate password according to the params
${Password} Password length=10 special_chars=True digits=True upper_case=True lower_case=True
Log ${Password}
Comment Generate Phone Number
${Phone Number} Phone Number
Log ${Phone Number}
Comment Generate Postcode
${Postcode} Postcode
Log ${Postcode}
Comment Generate Prefix
${Prefix} Prefix
Log ${Prefix}
Comment Generate Prefix Female
${Prefix Female} Prefix Female
Log ${Prefix Female}
Comment Generate Prefix Male
${Prefix Male} Prefix Male
Log ${Prefix Male}
Comment Generate Profile
${Profile} Profile
Log ${Profile}
Comment Generate Provider
Comment Generate Pybool
${Pybool} Pybool
Log ${Pybool}
Comment Generate Pydecimal
${Pydecimal} Pydecimal
Log ${Pydecimal}
Comment Generate Pydict
${Pydict} Pydict
Log ${Pydict}
Comment Generate Pyfloat
${Pyfloat} Pyfloat
Log ${Pyfloat}
Comment Generate Pyint
${Pyint} Pyint
Log ${Pyint}
Comment Generate Pyiterable
${Pyiterable} Pyiterable
Log ${Pyiterable}
Comment Generate Pylist
${Pylist} Pylist
Log ${Pylist}
Comment Generate Pyset
${Pyset} Pyset
Log ${Pyset}
Comment Generate Pystr
${Pystr} Pystr
Log ${Pystr}
Comment Generate Pystruct
${Pystruct} Pystruct
Log ${Pystruct}
Comment Generate Pytuple
${Pytuple} Pytuple nb_elements=10
Log ${Pytuple}
To generate fake test data in Robot Framework, we can use Robot Framework Faker library. This library contains 147 keywords used for generating random test data. You can find all the keyword by visiting Robot Framework site. Installation is very easy using the pip command.
pip install robotframework-faker
See the example four below (4 examples are introduced for the Robot Framework Faker library)
*** Settings ***
Library FakerLibrary locale=en_US
*** Test Cases ***
Generate Fake Data Example4
[Documentation] Robot Framework Faker allows users to generate random test data by using Faker's random test data generation keywords. Using Faker, users avoid using static test data for testing and improve the test to simulate real world data.
[Tags] Faker
Comment Returns a random number between 1 and 9
${Random Digit} Random Digit
Log ${Random Digit}
Comment Generate Random Digit Not Null
${Random Digit Not Null} Random Digit Not Null
Log ${Random Digit Not Null}
Comment Returns a random number between 1 and 9
${Random Digit Not Null Or Empty} Random Digit Not Null Or Empty
Log ${Random Digit Not Null Or Empty}
Comment Generate Random Digit Or Empty
${Random Digit Or Empty} Random Digit Or Empty
Log ${Random Digit Or Empty}
Comment Returns a random element from a passed array
${Random Element} Random Element array=('a', 'b', 'b')
Log ${Random Element}
Comment Generate a random integer
${Random Int} Random Int min=0 max=9999
Log ${Random Int}
Comment Returns a random letter from a to z
${Random Letter} Random Letter
Log ${Random Letter}
Comment Returns a random number with 0 to $digits digits
${Random Number} Random Number digits=5
Log ${Random Number}
Comment Returns a random value near to number
${Randomize Nb Elements} Randomize Nb Elements number=6
Log ${Randomize Nb Elements}
Comment Generate Rgb Color
${Rgb Color} Rgb Color
Log ${Rgb Color}
Comment Generate Rgb Color List
${Rgb Color List} Rgb Color List
Log ${Rgb Color List}
Comment Generate Rgb Css Color
${Rgb Css Color} Rgb Css Color
Log ${Rgb Css Color}
Comment Generate Safari
${Safari} Safari
Log ${Safari}
Comment Generate Safe Color Name
${Safe Color Name} Safe Color Name
Log ${Safe Color Name}
Comment Generate Safe Email
${Safe Email} Safe Email
Log ${Safe Email}
Comment Generate Safe Hex Color
${Safe Hex Color} Safe Hex Color
Log ${Safe Hex Color}
Comment Generate Secondary Address
${Secondary Address} Secondary Address
Log ${Secondary Address}
Comment Generate a random sentence param nb_words around how many words the sentence should contain
${Sentence} Sentence nb_words=5
Log ${Sentence}
Comment Generate an array of sentences
${Sentences} Sentences nb=3
Log ${Sentences}
Comment Calculates the sha 1 hash of a given string
${Sha 1} Sha 1 text='Selenium Master'
Log ${Sha 1}
Comment Calculates the sha 256 hash of a given string
${Sha 256} Sha 256 text='Selenium Master'
Log ${Sha 256}
Comment Generate Simple Profile
${Simple Profile} Simple Profile
Log ${Simple Profile}
Comment Generate Django algorithm
${Slug} Slug
Log ${Slug}
Comment Generate State
${State} State
Log ${State}
Comment Generate State Abbr
${State Abbr} State Abbr
Log ${State Abbr}
Comment Generate Street Address
${Street Address} Street Address
Log ${Street Address}
Comment Generate Street Name
${Street Name} Street Name
Log ${Street Name}
Comment Generate Street Suffix
${Street Suffix} Street Suffix
Log ${Street Suffix}
Comment Generate Suffix
${Suffix} Suffix
Log ${Suffix}
Comment Generate Suffix Female
${Suffix Female} Suffix Female
Log ${Suffix Female}
Comment Generate Suffix Male
${Suffix Male} Suffix Male
Log ${Suffix Male}
Comment Generate a text string. Param max_nb_chars indicates maximum number of characters the text should contain
${Text} Text max_nb_chars=100
Log ${Text}
Comment Generate Time
${Time} Time pattern=%H:%M:%S
Log ${Time}
Comment Generate Timezone
${Timezone} Timezone
Log ${Timezone}
Comment Generate Tld
${Tld} Tld
Log ${Tld}
Comment Generate Unix Time
${Unix Time} Unix Time
Log ${Unix Time}
Comment Generate Uri
${Uri} Uri
Log ${Uri}
Comment Generate Uri Extension
${Uri Extension} Uri Extension
Log ${Uri Extension}
Comment Generate Uri Page
${Uri Page} Uri Page
Log ${Uri Page}
Comment Generate Uri Path
${Uri Path} Uri Path
Log ${Uri Path}
Comment Generate Url
${Url} Url
Log ${Url}
Comment Generate User Agent
${User Agent} User Agent
Log ${User Agent}
Comment Generate User Name
${User Name} User Name
Log ${User Name}
Comment Generate Windows Platform Token
${Windows Platform Token} Windows Platform Token
Log ${Windows Platform Token}
Comment Generate Word
${Word} Word
Log ${Word}
Comment Generate an array of random words; param nb indicates how many words to return
${Words} Words nb=5
Log ${Words}
Comment Generate Year
${Year} Year
Log ${Year}
Dictionary Should Contain Sub Dictionary keyword is used to check if all items in dict1 are from dict2. The keyword will fail if there are differences between the keys and values. See the implementation below.
*** Settings ***
Library Collections
*** Test Cases ***
Dictionary Should Contain Sub Dictionary Test
Comment Fails unless all items in dict2 are found from dict1
${dict2}= Create Dictionary
Set To Dictionary ${dict2} Foo1 Value1
Set To Dictionary ${dict2} Foo2 Value2
Log Dictionary ${dict2}
${dict1}= Create Dictionary
Set To Dictionary ${dict1} Foo1 Value1
Set To Dictionary ${dict1} Foo2 Value2
Set To Dictionary ${dict1} Foo3 Value3
Set To Dictionary ${dict1} Foo4 Value4
Log Dictionary ${dict1}
Dictionary Should Contain Sub Dictionary ${dict1} ${dict2}
Run the script below. The test passed.
Starting test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionary Should Contain Sub Dictionary Test
20150426 08:33:25.678 : INFO : ${dict2} = {}
20150426 08:33:25.678 : INFO :
Dictionary size is 2 and it contains following items:
Foo1: Value1
Foo2: Value2
20150426 08:33:25.678 : INFO : ${dict1} = {}
20150426 08:33:25.678 : INFO :
Dictionary size is 4 and it contains following items:
Foo1: Value1
Foo2: Value2
Foo3: Value3
Foo4: Value4
Ending test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionary Should Contain Sub Dictionary Test
Dictionary Should Contain Value keyword is used to check if a dictionary contains a value. If value is not found, the keyword Fail. See the implementation below.
*** Settings ***
Library Collections
*** Test Cases ***
Dictionary Should Contain Value Test
Comment Fails if value is not found from dictionary
${MyDict}= Create Dictionary Foo1 Value1
Set To Dictionary ${MyDict} Foo2 Value2
Log Dictionary ${MyDict}
Dictionary Should Contain Value ${MyDict} Value2
Comment You can use keyword Dictionary Should Not Contain Value in similar ways
Run the script above. The test passed.
Starting test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionary Should Contain Value Test
20150426 08:26:50.078 : INFO : ${MyDict} = {u'Foo1': u'Value1'}
20150426 08:26:50.078 : INFO :
Dictionary size is 2 and it contains following items:
Foo1: Value1
Foo2: Value2
Ending test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionary Should Contain Value Test
Dictionary Should Contain Key keyword is used to verify if a given key is found in the dictionary. If not, the keyword will Fail. See the implementation below.
*** Settings ***
Library Collections
*** Test Cases ***
Dictionary Should Contain Key Test
Comment Fails if key is not found from dictionary
${MyDict}= Create Dictionary
Set To Dictionary ${MyDict} A1 Value1
Set To Dictionary ${MyDict} A2 Value2
Log Dictionary ${MyDict}
Dictionary Should Contain Key ${MyDict} A1
Comment You can use Dictionary Should Not Contain Key in similar ways
Run the script above. The test passed.
Starting test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionary Should Contain Key Test
20150426 08:23:18.669 : INFO : ${MyDict} = {}
20150426 08:23:18.669 : INFO :
Dictionary size is 2 and it contains following items:
A1: Value1
A2: Value2
Ending test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionary Should Contain Key Test
Dictionary Should Contain Item keyword is used to check if the dictionary contain an item of key/value pair. See the implementation below.
*** Settings ***
Library Collections
*** Test Cases ***
Dictionary Should Contain Item Test
Comment An item of key/value must be found in a dictionary
${MyDict}= Create Dictionary
Set To Dictionary ${MyDict} Foo1 Value1
Set To Dictionary ${MyDict} Foo2 Value2
Log Dictionary ${MyDict}
Dictionary Should Contain Item ${MyDict} Foo1 Value1
Run the script above. The test passed because ${MyDict} contains the item Foo1/Value1
Starting test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionary Should Contain Item Test
20150426 08:17:22.786 : INFO : ${MyDict} = {}
20150426 08:17:22.786 : INFO :
Dictionary size is 2 and it contains following items:
Foo1: Value1
Foo2: Value2
Ending test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionary Should Contain Item Test
Dictionaries Should Be Equal keyword is used to compare dictionaries. If they are not equal, the keyword will Fail. See the implementation below.
*** Settings ***
Library Collections
*** Test Cases ***
Dictionaries Should Be Equal Test
Comment Fails if the given dictionaries are not equal.
${Dict1}= Create Dictionary
Set To Dictionary ${Dict1} Foo1 Value1
Set To Dictionary ${Dict1} Foo2 Value2
Log Dictionary ${Dict1}
${Dict2}= Create Dictionary
Set To Dictionary ${Dict2} Foo1 Value1
Set To Dictionary ${Dict2} Foo2 Value2
Log Dictionary ${Dict2}
Dictionaries Should Be Equal ${Dict1} ${Dict2}
Run the test and observe the result. The test passed.
Starting test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionaries Should Be Equal Test
20150426 08:15:02.351 : INFO : ${Dict1} = {}
20150426 08:15:02.351 : INFO :
Dictionary size is 2 and it contains following items:
Foo1: Value1
Foo2: Value2
20150426 08:15:02.351 : INFO : ${Dict2} = {}
20150426 08:15:02.351 : INFO :
Dictionary size is 2 and it contains following items:
Foo1: Value1
Foo2: Value2
Ending test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Dictionaries Should Be Equal Test
Get Dictionary Items keyword returns the items of a given dictionary. See the example below.
*** Settings ***
Library Collections
*** Test Cases ***
Get Dictionary Items Test
Comment Returns items of the given dictionary
${dict}= Create Dictionary
Set To Dictionary ${dict} Foo1 Value1
Set To Dictionary ${dict} Foo2 Value2
${items}= Get Dictionary Items ${dict}
Log List ${items}
List Should Contain Value ${items} Value1
Run the script and see the result
Starting test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Get Dictionary Items Test
20150424 00:16:16.962 : INFO : ${dict} = {}
20150424 00:16:16.962 : INFO : ${items} = [u'Foo1', u'Value1', u'Foo2', u'Value2']
20150424 00:16:16.962 : INFO :
List length is 4 and it contains following items:
0: Foo1
1: Value1
2: Foo2
3: Value2
Ending test: RobotCollectionsExample.Collections Keyword Test Suite.Get Dictionary Items Test