Robot Framework Python Debugger based on Daniel Cohn's recipe at http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578073-rpdb-robotpythondebugger-a-smarter-way-to-debug-ro/ fixed and updated for Python 2.7 / Robot Framework 2.8.x by Brian Goad. Allows you to jump into the code and debug your custom Python keywords. Wraps pdb because Robot Framework steals th…

rpdb.py

import pdb
import sys

IO = lambda s: (s.__stdin__, s.__stdout__)


def rpdb(F):
    """
    Robot Framework Python Debugger based on Daniel Cohn's recipe at
    http://code.activestate.com/recipes/578073-rpdb-robotpythondebugger-a-smarter-way-to-debug-ro/
    fixed and updated for Python 2.7 / Robot Framework 2.8.x by Brian Goad.
    --
    usage:

    @rpdb
    def keyword_method(self, arg1, arg2, ...):
        # stuff here ...
        rpdb.set_trace() # set breakpoint as usual
        # more code ...

    """

    setattr(rpdb, 'set_trace', pdb.set_trace)
    builtinIO = IO(sys)

    def _inner(*args, **kwargs):
        robotIO = IO(sys)  # robot has hijacked stdin/stdout
        pdb.sys.stdin, pdb.sys.stdout = builtinIO
        retval = F(*args, **kwargs)
        sys.__stdin__, sys.__stdout__ = robotIO
        return retval

    return _inner

FWIW, I had to fix the original code by using sys.stdin and sys.stdout ... was clued into this from http://bugs.python.org/issue6333