Robotframework-DebugLibrary is A debug library for RobotFramework, which can be used as an interactive shell(REPL) also.

Installation is done just as for any other Python library. Using the pip or easy_install command from setuptools is the easiest.

To install using pip:

pip install robotframework-debuglibrary

To install using easy_install:

easy_install robotframework-debuglibrary

You can use this as a library, import DebugLibrary and call Debug keyword in your test files like this:

*** Settings ***
Library         DebugLibrary

** test case **
SOME TEST
    # some keywords...
    Debug

Or you can run it standalone as a RobotFramework shell:

$ rfshell
[...snap...]
>>>>> Enter interactive shell, only accepted plain text format keyword.
> log  hello
> get time
< '2011-10-13 18:50:31'
> import library  String
> get substring  helloworld  5  8
< 'wor'
> selenium  http://www.douban.com/
import library  SeleniumLibrary
start selenium server
open browser  http://www.douban.com/
> Ctrl-D
>>>>> Exit shell.

This software is licensed under the New BSD License. See the LICENSE file in the top distribution directory for the full license text.