Using robotframework with Plone

login.txt

*** Settings ***

Documentation  A test suite with a single test for valid login. This test has
...            a workflow that is created using keywords from the resource file.
Resource       resource.txt


*** Test Cases ***

Valid Login
    ${username} =  Get site owner name
    ${password} =  Get site owner password
    Open Browser To Login Page
    Input Username  ${username}
    Input Password  ${password}
    Submit Credentials
    Welcome Message is Being Shown
    [Teardown]  Close Browser

resource.txt

*** Settings ***

Documentation  A resource file containing the application specific keywords
...            that create our own domain specific language. This resource
...            implements keywords for testing HTML version of the test
...            application.
Library        Selenium2Library
Library        plone.app.theming.testing.Keywords


*** Variables ***

${SERVER}        localhost:55001
${BROWSER}       firefox
${DELAY}         0
${SITE}          plone
${LOGIN URL}     http://${SERVER}/${SITE}/login
${WELCOME URL}   http://${SERVER}/${SITE}/front-page


*** Keywords ***

Open Browser To Login Page
    Open Browser  ${LOGIN URL}  ${BROWSER}
    Maximize Browser Window
    Set Selenium Speed  ${DELAY}
    Page should contain element  css=#login-form

Go To Login Page
    Go To  ${LOGIN URL}
    Page should contain element  css=#login-form

Input Username  [Arguments]  ${username}
    Input Text  __ac_name  ${username}

Input Password  [Arguments]  ${password}
    Input Text  __ac_password  ${password}

Submit Credentials
    Click Button  Log in

Welcome Message is Being Shown
    Page should contain  You are now logged in

Login Should Have Failed
    Location Should Be  ${LOGIN URL}
    Title Should Be  Error Page

robots.cfg

#
# Step 2 - Set versions
#

[buildout]
extends = buildout.cfg

[versions]
robotsuite = 0.5.0
robotframework = 2.7.3
robotframework-selenium2library = 1.0.1
docutils = 0.8.1

# Also more recent versions should work.

setup.py

#
# Step 1 - Declare dependencies (setup.py)
#

      extras_require={
        'test': ['plone.app.testing', 'robotsuite', 'robotframework-selenium2library'],
      },

test_robot.py

#
# Step 4 - Create a test suite using robotsuite
#


import unittest2 as unittest

from plone.testing import layered
from robotsuite import RobotTestSuite

from plone.app.theming.testing import THEMING_ACCEPTANCE_TESTING


def test_suite():
    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
    suite.addTests([
        layered(RobotTestSuite('login.txt'),
                layer=THEMING_ACCEPTANCE_TESTING),
    ])
    return suite

testing.py

#
# Step 3 - Create a layer using the selenium base fixture (testing.py)
#


from plone.app.testing import PloneSandboxLayer
from plone.app.testing import PLONE_FIXTURE
from plone.app.testing import applyProfile

from zope.configuration import xmlconfig

from plone.app.testing.layers import IntegrationTesting
from plone.app.testing.layers import FunctionalTesting
from plone.app.testing.selenium_layers import SELENIUM_FIXTURE


class Theming(PloneSandboxLayer):
    defaultBases = (PLONE_FIXTURE,)

    def setUpZope(self, app, configurationContext):
        # load ZCML
        import plone.app.theming.tests
        xmlconfig.file('configure.zcml', plone.app.theming.tests, context=configurationContext)

        ...

    def setUpPloneSite(self, portal):
        # install into the Plone site
        applyProfile(portal, 'plone.app.theming:default')


class Keywords(object):
    """Robot Framework keyword library"""

    def get_site_owner_name(self):
        import plone.app.testing
        return plone.app.testing.interfaces.SITE_OWNER_NAME

    def get_site_owner_password(self):
        import plone.app.testing
        return plone.app.testing.interfaces.SITE_OWNER_PASSWORD


THEMING_FIXTURE = Theming()
THEMING_INTEGRATION_TESTING = IntegrationTesting(bases=(THEMING_FIXTURE,), name="Theming:Integration")
THEMING_FUNCTIONAL_TESTING = FunctionalTesting(bases=(THEMING_FIXTURE,), name="Theming:Functional")
THEMING_ACCEPTANCE_TESTING = FunctionalTesting(bases=(THEMING_FIXTURE, SELENIUM_FIXTURE,), name="Theming:Acceptance")