This is a very early version of a server for the robot framework testing framework. The hub uses flask to provide both a RESTful interface and a browser-based UI for accessing test assets.
It's crazy easy to get started. To install and run from a PyPi package, do the following:
$ pip install https://github.com/Accruent/robotframework-hub/tarball/master
$ python -m rfhub
To run from source it's the same, except intead of installing, you cd to the folder that has this file.
That's it! You can now browse documentation by visiting the url http://localhost:7070/doc/
Want to browse your local robotframework assets? Just include the path to your test suites or resource files on the command line:
$ python -m rfhub /path/to/test/suite
By default it will create in-memory SQLite database. If you want to run it with persistent database (for example PostgreSQL):
$ python -m rfhub --db postgresql://postgres:@localhost:5432/db /path/to/test/suite
NOTE: Application uses SQLAlchemy for database interaction.
In order to use it with specific database you need to install related Python package
(like psycopg2 for PostgreSQL)
By default application is responsible for both loading data to database and running web server. If you want to run them separately, for example to deploy server without access to actual library files and load data periodically to shared database, you can run application in web and worker modes:
$ python -m rfhub --db postgresql://postgres:@localhost:5432/db --web
$ python -m rfhub --db postgresql://postgres:@localhost:5432/db --worker
Web process skips loading library data (but it tries to create required tables if they are not yet created) and starts web server.
Worker process creates tables if required, loads library data and exits.
Source code, screenshots, and additional documentation can be found here:
- Source code: https://github.com/boakley/robotframework-hub
- Project wiki: https://github.com/boakley/robotframework-hub/wiki
A huge thank-you to Echo Global Logistics (echo.com) for supporting the development of this package.