DjangoLibrary is a web testing library to test Django with Robot Framework. It uses SeleniumLibrary to run tests against a real browser instance.
The library will automatically start and stop your Django instance while running the tests. It also comes with serveral autologin keywords that allow you to login different users during your tests, without the need to actually access the login page.
DjangoLibrary is currently tested against Django 1.8.x, 1.9.x, 1.11.x with SQLite and Postgres on Python 2.7 and 3.6.
Robot Framework Django Library Keyword Documentation
Install robotframework-djangolibrary with pip:
$ pip install robotframework-djangolibraryIn order to be able to use DjangoLibrary's Autologin, FactoryBoy, or QuerySet keywords you have to add the corresponding middleware classes to your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in yoursettings.py:
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
...
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'DjangoLibrary.middleware.AutologinAuthenticationMiddleware',
'DjangoLibrary.middleware.FactoryBoyMiddleware',
'DjangoLibrary.middleware.QuerySetMiddleware',
)Danger
Make sure that you add those middlewares only to your test setup and NEVER to your deployment! The Autologin middleware just checks for a 'autologin' cookie and then authenticates and login ANY user.
In order to write your first robot test, make sure that you include SeleniumLibrary and DjangoLibrary. Create a test.robot file with the following content:
*** Variables ***
${HOSTNAME} 127.0.0.1
${PORT} 55001
${SERVER} http://${HOSTNAME}:${PORT}/
${BROWSER} firefox
*** Settings ***
Documentation Django Robot Tests
Library SeleniumLibrary timeout=10 implicit_wait=0
Library DjangoLibrary ${HOSTNAME} ${PORT} path=mysite/mysite manage=mysite/manage.py settings=mysite.settings
Suite Setup Start Django and open Browser
Suite Teardown Stop Django and close Browser
*** Keywords ***
Start Django and open Browser
Start Django
Open Browser ${SERVER} ${BROWSER}
Stop Django and close browser
Close Browser
Stop Django
*** Test Cases ***
Scenario: As a visitor I can visit the django default page
Go To ${SERVER}
Wait until page contains element id=explanation
Page Should Contain It worked!
Page Should Contain Congratulations on your first Django-powered page.Copyright kitconcept GmbH.
Distributed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0, robotframework-djangolibrary is free and Open Source software.
If you are having issues, please let us know. If you require professional support feel free to contact us at info@kitconcept.com.
Then you can run the test with robot:
$ robot test.robotThe output should look like this:
==============================================================================
Test :: Django Robot Tests
==============================================================================
Scenario: As a visitor I can visit the django default page | PASS |
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Test :: Django Robot Tests | PASS |
1 critical test, 1 passed, 0 failed
1 test total, 1 passed, 0 failed
==============================================================================
Output: /home/timo/workspace/prounix/robotframework-djangolibrary/output.xml
Log: /home/timo/workspace/prounix/robotframework-djangolibrary/log.html
Report: /home/timo/workspace/prounix/robotframework-djangolibrary/report.htmlrobotframework-djangolibrary does not provide isolation between tests by default. This means if you add an object to the database in a test, this object will be present in the next test as well. You need to cleanup yourself in order to have a proper isolation between the tests. You can use the robotframework "Test Teardown" call to call the "Clear DB" keyword after each test:
*** Settings ***
Library SeleniumLibrary timeout=10 implicit_wait=0
Library DjangoLibrary ${HOSTNAME} ${PORT} path=mysite/mysite manage=mysite/manage.py settings=mysite.settings db=mysite/db.sqlite3
Suite Setup Start Django and open Browser
Suite Teardown Stop Django and close Browser
Test Teardown Clear DBCheckout repository from github:
$ git clone https://github.com/kitconcept/robotframework-djangolibrary.gitCreate a virtual Python environment:
$ cd robotframework-djangolibrary/
$ virtualenv .py27
$ source .py27/bin/activateInstall robotframework-djangolibrary in development mode:
$ python setup.py developInstall the requirements:
$ pip install -r requirements.txtRun Unit/Integration-Tests:
$ py.test mysite/Run Acceptance Tests:
$ robot DjangoLibrary/tests/