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}
Click here to see the test result log file