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robot.running.model

Module implementing test execution related model objects.

When tests are executed by Robot Framework, a :class:TestSuite structure using classes defined in this module is created by :class:~robot.running.builder.builders.TestSuiteBuilder based on data on a file system. In addition to that, external tools can create executable suite structures programmatically.

Regardless the approach to construct it, a :class:TestSuite object is executed by calling its :meth:~TestSuite.run method as shown in the example in the :mod:robot.running package level documentation. When a suite is run, test, keywords, and other objects it contains can be inspected and modified by using pre-run modifiers and listeners.

The :class:TestSuite class is exposed via the :mod:robot.api package. If other classes are needed, they can be imported from :mod:robot.running.

__ http://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html#programmatic-modification-of-results __ http://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html#listener-interface

Argument 

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Argument(name: str | None, value: Any)

A temporary API for creating named arguments with non-string values.

This class was added in RF 7.0.1 (#5031) after a failed attempt to add a public API for this purpose in RF 7.0 (#5000). A better public API that allows passing named arguments separately was added in RF 7.1 (#5143).

If you need to support also RF 7.0, you can pass named arguments as two-item tuples like (name, value) and positional arguments as one-item tuples like (value,). That approach does not work anymore in RF 7.0.1, though, so the code needs to be conditional depending on Robot Framework version.

The main limitation of this class is that it is not compatible with the JSON model. The current plan is to remove this in the future, possibly already in RF 8.0, but we can consider preserving it if it turns out to be useful.

:param name: Argument name. If None, argument is considered positional. :param value: Argument value.

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def __init__(self, name: 'str|None', value: Any):
    """
    :param name: Argument name. If ``None``, argument is considered positional.
    :param value: Argument value.
    """
    self.name = name
    self.value = value

Keyword 

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Keyword(
    name: str = "",
    args: Sequence[str | Argument | Any] = (),
    named_args: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
    assign: Sequence[str] = (),
    type: str = KEYWORD,
    parent: BodyItemParent = None,
    lineno: int | None = None,
)

Bases: Keyword, WithSource

Represents an executable keyword call.

A keyword call consists only of a keyword name, arguments and possible assignment in the data::

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Keyword    arg
${result} =    Another Keyword    arg1    arg2

The actual keyword that is executed depends on the context where this model is executed.

Arguments originating from normal Robot Framework data are stored in the :attr:args attribute as a tuple of strings in the exact same format as in the data. This means that arguments can have variables and escape characters, and that named arguments are specified using the name=value syntax.

When creating keywords programmatically, it is possible to set :attr:named_args separately and use :attr:args only for positional arguments. Argument values do not need to be strings, but also in this case strings can contain variables and normal Robot Framework escaping rules must be taken into account.

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def __init__(self, name: str = '',
             args: 'Sequence[str|Argument|Any]' = (),
             named_args: 'Mapping[str, Any]|None' = None,
             assign: Sequence[str] = (),
             type: str = BodyItem.KEYWORD,
             parent: BodyItemParent = None,
             lineno: 'int|None' = None):
    super().__init__(name, args, assign, type, parent)
    self.named_args = named_args
    self.lineno = lineno

from_dict classmethod 

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from_dict(data: DataDict) -> T

Create this object based on data in a dictionary.

Data can be got from the :meth:to_dict method or created externally.

With robot.running model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1, with robot.result new in Robot Framework 7.0.

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@classmethod
def from_dict(cls: Type[T], data: DataDict) -> T:
    """Create this object based on data in a dictionary.

    Data can be got from the :meth:`to_dict` method or created externally.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.
    """
    try:
        return cls().config(**data)
    except (AttributeError, TypeError) as err:
        raise DataError(f"Creating '{full_name(cls)}' object from dictionary "
                        f"failed: {err}")

from_json classmethod 

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from_json(source: str | bytes | TextIO | Path) -> T

Create this object based on JSON data.

The data is given as the source parameter. It can be:

  • a string (or bytes) containing the data directly,
  • an open file object where to read the data from, or
  • a path (pathlib.Path or string) to a UTF-8 encoded file to read.

The JSON data is first converted to a Python dictionary and the object created using the :meth:from_dict method.

Notice that the source is considered to be JSON data if it is a string and contains {. If you need to use { in a file system path, pass it in as a pathlib.Path instance.

With robot.running model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1, with robot.result new in Robot Framework 7.0.

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@classmethod
def from_json(cls: Type[T], source: 'str|bytes|TextIO|Path') -> T:
    """Create this object based on JSON data.

    The data is given as the ``source`` parameter. It can be:

    - a string (or bytes) containing the data directly,
    - an open file object where to read the data from, or
    - a path (``pathlib.Path`` or string) to a UTF-8 encoded file to read.

    The JSON data is first converted to a Python dictionary and the object
    created using the :meth:`from_dict` method.

    Notice that the ``source`` is considered to be JSON data if it is
    a string and contains ``{``. If you need to use ``{`` in a file system
    path, pass it in as a ``pathlib.Path`` instance.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.
    """
    try:
        data = JsonLoader().load(source)
    except (TypeError, ValueError) as err:
        raise DataError(f'Loading JSON data failed: {err}')
    return cls.from_dict(data)

to_json 

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to_json(
    file: None = None,
    *,
    ensure_ascii: bool = False,
    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
) -> str

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to_json(
    file: TextIO | Path | str,
    *,
    ensure_ascii: bool = False,
    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
) -> None

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to_json(
    file: None | TextIO | Path | str = None,
    *,
    ensure_ascii: bool = False,
    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
) -> str | None

Serialize this object into JSON.

The object is first converted to a Python dictionary using the :meth:to_dict method and then the dictionary is converted to JSON.

The file parameter controls what to do with the resulting JSON data. It can be:

  • None (default) to return the data as a string,
  • an open file object where to write the data to, or
  • a path (pathlib.Path or string) to a file where to write the data using UTF-8 encoding.

JSON formatting can be configured using optional parameters that are passed directly to the underlying json__ module. Notice that the defaults differ from what json uses.

With robot.running model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1, with robot.result new in Robot Framework 7.0.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html

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def to_json(self, file: 'None|TextIO|Path|str' = None, *,
            ensure_ascii: bool = False, indent: int = 0,
            separators: 'tuple[str, str]' = (',', ':')) -> 'str|None':
    """Serialize this object into JSON.

    The object is first converted to a Python dictionary using the
    :meth:`to_dict` method and then the dictionary is converted to JSON.

    The ``file`` parameter controls what to do with the resulting JSON data.
    It can be:

    - ``None`` (default) to return the data as a string,
    - an open file object where to write the data to, or
    - a path (``pathlib.Path`` or string) to a file where to write
      the data using UTF-8 encoding.

    JSON formatting can be configured using optional parameters that
    are passed directly to the underlying json__ module. Notice that
    the defaults differ from what ``json`` uses.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html
    """
    return JsonDumper(ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii, indent=indent,
                      separators=separators).dump(self.to_dict(), file)

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config(**attributes) -> T

Configure model object with given attributes.

obj.config(name='Example', doc='Something') is equivalent to setting obj.name = 'Example' and obj.doc = 'Something'.

New in Robot Framework 4.0.

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def config(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Configure model object with given attributes.

    ``obj.config(name='Example', doc='Something')`` is equivalent to setting
    ``obj.name = 'Example'`` and ``obj.doc = 'Something'``.

    New in Robot Framework 4.0.
    """
    for name, value in attributes.items():
        try:
            orig = getattr(self, name)
        except AttributeError:
            raise AttributeError(f"'{full_name(self)}' object does not have "
                                 f"attribute '{name}'")
        # Preserve tuples. Main motivation is converting lists with `from_json`.
        if isinstance(orig, tuple) and not isinstance(value, tuple):
            try:
                value = tuple(value)
            except TypeError:
                raise TypeError(f"'{full_name(self)}' object attribute '{name}' "
                                f"is 'tuple', got '{type_name(value)}'.")
        try:
            setattr(self, name, value)
        except AttributeError as err:
            # Ignore error setting attribute if the object already has it.
            # Avoids problems with `from_dict` with body items having
            # un-settable `type` attribute that is needed in dict data.
            if value != orig:
                raise AttributeError(f"Setting attribute '{name}' failed: {err}")
    return self

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copy(**attributes) -> T

Return a shallow copy of this object.

:param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy. For example, obj.copy(name='New name').

See also :meth:deepcopy. The difference between copy and deepcopy is the same as with the methods having same names in the copy__ module.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html

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def copy(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Return a shallow copy of this object.

    :param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy.
        For example, ``obj.copy(name='New name')``.

    See also :meth:`deepcopy`. The difference between ``copy`` and
    ``deepcopy`` is the same as with the methods having same names in
    the copy__ module.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html
    """
    return copy.copy(self).config(**attributes)

deepcopy 

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deepcopy(**attributes) -> T

Return a deep copy of this object.

:param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy. For example, obj.deepcopy(name='New name').

See also :meth:copy. The difference between deepcopy and copy is the same as with the methods having same names in the copy__ module.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html

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def deepcopy(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Return a deep copy of this object.

    :param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy.
        For example, ``obj.deepcopy(name='New name')``.

    See also :meth:`copy`. The difference between ``deepcopy`` and
    ``copy`` is the same as with the methods having same names in
    the copy__ module.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html
    """
    return copy.deepcopy(self).config(**attributes)

visit 

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visit(visitor: SuiteVisitor)

:mod:Visitor interface <robot.model.visitor> entry-point.

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def visit(self, visitor: 'SuiteVisitor'):
    """:mod:`Visitor interface <robot.model.visitor>` entry-point."""
    if self:
        visitor.visit_keyword(self)

TestCase 

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TestCase(
    name: str = "",
    doc: str = "",
    tags: Sequence[str] = (),
    timeout: str | None = None,
    lineno: int | None = None,
    parent: TestSuite | None = None,
    template: str | None = None,
    error: str | None = None,
)

Bases: TestCase[Keyword]

Represents a single executable test case.

See the base class for documentation of attributes not documented here.

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def __init__(self, name: str = '',
             doc: str = '',
             tags: Sequence[str] = (),
             timeout: 'str|None' = None,
             lineno: 'int|None' = None,
             parent: 'TestSuite|None' = None,
             template: 'str|None' = None,
             error: 'str|None' = None):
    super().__init__(name, doc, tags, timeout, lineno, parent)
    #: Name of the keyword that has been used as a template when building the test.
    # ``None`` if template is not used.
    self.template = template
    self.error = error

from_dict classmethod 

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from_dict(data: DataDict) -> T

Create this object based on data in a dictionary.

Data can be got from the :meth:to_dict method or created externally.

With robot.running model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1, with robot.result new in Robot Framework 7.0.

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@classmethod
def from_dict(cls: Type[T], data: DataDict) -> T:
    """Create this object based on data in a dictionary.

    Data can be got from the :meth:`to_dict` method or created externally.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.
    """
    try:
        return cls().config(**data)
    except (AttributeError, TypeError) as err:
        raise DataError(f"Creating '{full_name(cls)}' object from dictionary "
                        f"failed: {err}")

from_json classmethod 

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from_json(source: str | bytes | TextIO | Path) -> T

Create this object based on JSON data.

The data is given as the source parameter. It can be:

  • a string (or bytes) containing the data directly,
  • an open file object where to read the data from, or
  • a path (pathlib.Path or string) to a UTF-8 encoded file to read.

The JSON data is first converted to a Python dictionary and the object created using the :meth:from_dict method.

Notice that the source is considered to be JSON data if it is a string and contains {. If you need to use { in a file system path, pass it in as a pathlib.Path instance.

With robot.running model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1, with robot.result new in Robot Framework 7.0.

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@classmethod
def from_json(cls: Type[T], source: 'str|bytes|TextIO|Path') -> T:
    """Create this object based on JSON data.

    The data is given as the ``source`` parameter. It can be:

    - a string (or bytes) containing the data directly,
    - an open file object where to read the data from, or
    - a path (``pathlib.Path`` or string) to a UTF-8 encoded file to read.

    The JSON data is first converted to a Python dictionary and the object
    created using the :meth:`from_dict` method.

    Notice that the ``source`` is considered to be JSON data if it is
    a string and contains ``{``. If you need to use ``{`` in a file system
    path, pass it in as a ``pathlib.Path`` instance.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.
    """
    try:
        data = JsonLoader().load(source)
    except (TypeError, ValueError) as err:
        raise DataError(f'Loading JSON data failed: {err}')
    return cls.from_dict(data)

to_json 

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    file: None = None,
    *,
    ensure_ascii: bool = False,
    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
) -> str

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    file: TextIO | Path | str,
    *,
    ensure_ascii: bool = False,
    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
) -> None

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to_json(
    file: None | TextIO | Path | str = None,
    *,
    ensure_ascii: bool = False,
    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
) -> str | None

Serialize this object into JSON.

The object is first converted to a Python dictionary using the :meth:to_dict method and then the dictionary is converted to JSON.

The file parameter controls what to do with the resulting JSON data. It can be:

  • None (default) to return the data as a string,
  • an open file object where to write the data to, or
  • a path (pathlib.Path or string) to a file where to write the data using UTF-8 encoding.

JSON formatting can be configured using optional parameters that are passed directly to the underlying json__ module. Notice that the defaults differ from what json uses.

With robot.running model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1, with robot.result new in Robot Framework 7.0.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html

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def to_json(self, file: 'None|TextIO|Path|str' = None, *,
            ensure_ascii: bool = False, indent: int = 0,
            separators: 'tuple[str, str]' = (',', ':')) -> 'str|None':
    """Serialize this object into JSON.

    The object is first converted to a Python dictionary using the
    :meth:`to_dict` method and then the dictionary is converted to JSON.

    The ``file`` parameter controls what to do with the resulting JSON data.
    It can be:

    - ``None`` (default) to return the data as a string,
    - an open file object where to write the data to, or
    - a path (``pathlib.Path`` or string) to a file where to write
      the data using UTF-8 encoding.

    JSON formatting can be configured using optional parameters that
    are passed directly to the underlying json__ module. Notice that
    the defaults differ from what ``json`` uses.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html
    """
    return JsonDumper(ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii, indent=indent,
                      separators=separators).dump(self.to_dict(), file)

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config(**attributes) -> T

Configure model object with given attributes.

obj.config(name='Example', doc='Something') is equivalent to setting obj.name = 'Example' and obj.doc = 'Something'.

New in Robot Framework 4.0.

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def config(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Configure model object with given attributes.

    ``obj.config(name='Example', doc='Something')`` is equivalent to setting
    ``obj.name = 'Example'`` and ``obj.doc = 'Something'``.

    New in Robot Framework 4.0.
    """
    for name, value in attributes.items():
        try:
            orig = getattr(self, name)
        except AttributeError:
            raise AttributeError(f"'{full_name(self)}' object does not have "
                                 f"attribute '{name}'")
        # Preserve tuples. Main motivation is converting lists with `from_json`.
        if isinstance(orig, tuple) and not isinstance(value, tuple):
            try:
                value = tuple(value)
            except TypeError:
                raise TypeError(f"'{full_name(self)}' object attribute '{name}' "
                                f"is 'tuple', got '{type_name(value)}'.")
        try:
            setattr(self, name, value)
        except AttributeError as err:
            # Ignore error setting attribute if the object already has it.
            # Avoids problems with `from_dict` with body items having
            # un-settable `type` attribute that is needed in dict data.
            if value != orig:
                raise AttributeError(f"Setting attribute '{name}' failed: {err}")
    return self

copy 

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copy(**attributes) -> T

Return a shallow copy of this object.

:param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy. For example, obj.copy(name='New name').

See also :meth:deepcopy. The difference between copy and deepcopy is the same as with the methods having same names in the copy__ module.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html

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def copy(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Return a shallow copy of this object.

    :param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy.
        For example, ``obj.copy(name='New name')``.

    See also :meth:`deepcopy`. The difference between ``copy`` and
    ``deepcopy`` is the same as with the methods having same names in
    the copy__ module.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html
    """
    return copy.copy(self).config(**attributes)

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deepcopy(**attributes) -> T

Return a deep copy of this object.

:param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy. For example, obj.deepcopy(name='New name').

See also :meth:copy. The difference between deepcopy and copy is the same as with the methods having same names in the copy__ module.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html

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def deepcopy(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Return a deep copy of this object.

    :param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy.
        For example, ``obj.deepcopy(name='New name')``.

    See also :meth:`copy`. The difference between ``deepcopy`` and
    ``copy`` is the same as with the methods having same names in
    the copy__ module.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html
    """
    return copy.deepcopy(self).config(**attributes)

tags 

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tags(tags: Tags | Sequence[str]) -> Tags

Test tags as a :class:~.model.tags.Tags object.

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@setter
def tags(self, tags: 'Tags|Sequence[str]') -> Tags:
    """Test tags as a :class:`~.model.tags.Tags` object."""
    return Tags(tags)

setup property writable 

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setup: KW

Test setup as a :class:~.model.keyword.Keyword object.

This attribute is a Keyword object also when a test has no setup but in that case its truth value is False.

Setup can be modified by setting attributes directly::

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test.setup.args = ('First', 'Second')

Alternatively the :meth:config method can be used to set multiple attributes in one call::

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test.setup.config(name='Example', args=('First', 'Second'))

The easiest way to reset the whole setup is setting it to None. It will automatically recreate the underlying Keyword object::

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test.setup = None

New in Robot Framework 4.0. Earlier setup was accessed like test.keywords.setup.

has_setup property 

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has_setup: bool

Check does a suite have a setup without creating a setup object.

A difference between using if test.has_setup: and if test.setup: is that accessing the :attr:setup attribute creates a :class:Keyword object representing the setup even when the test actually does not have one. This typically does not matter, but with bigger suite structures containing a huge about of tests it can have an effect on memory usage.

New in Robot Framework 5.0.

teardown property writable 

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teardown: KW

Test teardown as a :class:~.model.keyword.Keyword object.

See :attr:setup for more information.

has_teardown property 

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has_teardown: bool

Check does a test have a teardown without creating a teardown object.

See :attr:has_setup for more information.

New in Robot Framework 5.0.

id property 

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id: str

Test case id in format like s1-t3.

See :attr:TestSuite.id <robot.model.testsuite.TestSuite.id> for more information.

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Test name prefixed with the full name of the parent suite.

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Deprecated since Robot Framework 7.0. Use :attr:full_name instead.

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:mod:Visitor interface <robot.model.visitor> entry-point.

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    """:mod:`Visitor interface <robot.model.visitor>` entry-point."""
    visitor.visit_test(self)

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Test body as a :class:~robot.running.Body object.

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def body(self, body: 'Sequence[BodyItem|DataDict]') -> Body:
    """Test body as a :class:`~robot.running.Body` object."""
    return self.body_class(self, body)

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    name: str = "",
    doc: str = "",
    metadata: Mapping[str, str] | None = None,
    source: Path | str | None = None,
    rpa: bool | None = False,
    parent: TestSuite | None = None,
)

Bases: TestSuite[Keyword, TestCase]

Represents a single executable test suite.

See the base class for documentation of attributes not documented here.

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def __init__(self, name: str = '',
             doc: str = '',
             metadata: 'Mapping[str, str]|None' = None,
             source: 'Path|str|None' = None,
             rpa: 'bool|None' = False,
             parent: 'TestSuite|None' = None):
    super().__init__(name, doc, metadata, source, rpa, parent)
    #: :class:`ResourceFile` instance containing imports, variables and
    #: keywords the suite owns. When data is parsed from the file system,
    #: this data comes from the same test case file that creates the suite.
    self.resource = None

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Create this object based on data in a dictionary.

Data can be got from the :meth:to_dict method or created externally.

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@classmethod
def from_dict(cls: Type[T], data: DataDict) -> T:
    """Create this object based on data in a dictionary.

    Data can be got from the :meth:`to_dict` method or created externally.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.
    """
    try:
        return cls().config(**data)
    except (AttributeError, TypeError) as err:
        raise DataError(f"Creating '{full_name(cls)}' object from dictionary "
                        f"failed: {err}")

from_json classmethod 

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Create this object based on JSON data.

The data is given as the source parameter. It can be:

  • a string (or bytes) containing the data directly,
  • an open file object where to read the data from, or
  • a path (pathlib.Path or string) to a UTF-8 encoded file to read.

The JSON data is first converted to a Python dictionary and the object created using the :meth:from_dict method.

Notice that the source is considered to be JSON data if it is a string and contains {. If you need to use { in a file system path, pass it in as a pathlib.Path instance.

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def from_json(cls: Type[T], source: 'str|bytes|TextIO|Path') -> T:
    """Create this object based on JSON data.

    The data is given as the ``source`` parameter. It can be:

    - a string (or bytes) containing the data directly,
    - an open file object where to read the data from, or
    - a path (``pathlib.Path`` or string) to a UTF-8 encoded file to read.

    The JSON data is first converted to a Python dictionary and the object
    created using the :meth:`from_dict` method.

    Notice that the ``source`` is considered to be JSON data if it is
    a string and contains ``{``. If you need to use ``{`` in a file system
    path, pass it in as a ``pathlib.Path`` instance.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.
    """
    try:
        data = JsonLoader().load(source)
    except (TypeError, ValueError) as err:
        raise DataError(f'Loading JSON data failed: {err}')
    return cls.from_dict(data)

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    file: None = None,
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    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
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    file: TextIO | Path | str,
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    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
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    file: None | TextIO | Path | str = None,
    *,
    ensure_ascii: bool = False,
    indent: int = 0,
    separators: tuple[str, str] = (",", ":")
) -> str | None

Serialize this object into JSON.

The object is first converted to a Python dictionary using the :meth:to_dict method and then the dictionary is converted to JSON.

The file parameter controls what to do with the resulting JSON data. It can be:

  • None (default) to return the data as a string,
  • an open file object where to write the data to, or
  • a path (pathlib.Path or string) to a file where to write the data using UTF-8 encoding.

JSON formatting can be configured using optional parameters that are passed directly to the underlying json__ module. Notice that the defaults differ from what json uses.

With robot.running model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1, with robot.result new in Robot Framework 7.0.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html

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def to_json(self, file: 'None|TextIO|Path|str' = None, *,
            ensure_ascii: bool = False, indent: int = 0,
            separators: 'tuple[str, str]' = (',', ':')) -> 'str|None':
    """Serialize this object into JSON.

    The object is first converted to a Python dictionary using the
    :meth:`to_dict` method and then the dictionary is converted to JSON.

    The ``file`` parameter controls what to do with the resulting JSON data.
    It can be:

    - ``None`` (default) to return the data as a string,
    - an open file object where to write the data to, or
    - a path (``pathlib.Path`` or string) to a file where to write
      the data using UTF-8 encoding.

    JSON formatting can be configured using optional parameters that
    are passed directly to the underlying json__ module. Notice that
    the defaults differ from what ``json`` uses.

    With ``robot.running`` model objects new in Robot Framework 6.1,
    with ``robot.result`` new in Robot Framework 7.0.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html
    """
    return JsonDumper(ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii, indent=indent,
                      separators=separators).dump(self.to_dict(), file)

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Configure model object with given attributes.

obj.config(name='Example', doc='Something') is equivalent to setting obj.name = 'Example' and obj.doc = 'Something'.

New in Robot Framework 4.0.

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def config(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Configure model object with given attributes.

    ``obj.config(name='Example', doc='Something')`` is equivalent to setting
    ``obj.name = 'Example'`` and ``obj.doc = 'Something'``.

    New in Robot Framework 4.0.
    """
    for name, value in attributes.items():
        try:
            orig = getattr(self, name)
        except AttributeError:
            raise AttributeError(f"'{full_name(self)}' object does not have "
                                 f"attribute '{name}'")
        # Preserve tuples. Main motivation is converting lists with `from_json`.
        if isinstance(orig, tuple) and not isinstance(value, tuple):
            try:
                value = tuple(value)
            except TypeError:
                raise TypeError(f"'{full_name(self)}' object attribute '{name}' "
                                f"is 'tuple', got '{type_name(value)}'.")
        try:
            setattr(self, name, value)
        except AttributeError as err:
            # Ignore error setting attribute if the object already has it.
            # Avoids problems with `from_dict` with body items having
            # un-settable `type` attribute that is needed in dict data.
            if value != orig:
                raise AttributeError(f"Setting attribute '{name}' failed: {err}")
    return self

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Return a shallow copy of this object.

:param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy. For example, obj.copy(name='New name').

See also :meth:deepcopy. The difference between copy and deepcopy is the same as with the methods having same names in the copy__ module.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html

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def copy(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Return a shallow copy of this object.

    :param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy.
        For example, ``obj.copy(name='New name')``.

    See also :meth:`deepcopy`. The difference between ``copy`` and
    ``deepcopy`` is the same as with the methods having same names in
    the copy__ module.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html
    """
    return copy.copy(self).config(**attributes)

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Return a deep copy of this object.

:param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy. For example, obj.deepcopy(name='New name').

See also :meth:copy. The difference between deepcopy and copy is the same as with the methods having same names in the copy__ module.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html

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def deepcopy(self: T, **attributes) -> T:
    """Return a deep copy of this object.

    :param attributes: Attributes to be set to the returned copy.
        For example, ``obj.deepcopy(name='New name')``.

    See also :meth:`copy`. The difference between ``deepcopy`` and
    ``copy`` is the same as with the methods having same names in
    the copy__ module.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/copy.html
    """
    return copy.deepcopy(self).config(**attributes)

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Free suite metadata as a :class:~.metadata.Metadata object.

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def metadata(self, metadata: 'Mapping[str, str]|None') -> Metadata:
    """Free suite metadata as a :class:`~.metadata.Metadata` object."""
    return Metadata(metadata)

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    source: Path | str | None, extension: Sequence[str] = ()
) -> str

Create suite name based on the given source.

This method is used by Robot Framework itself when it builds suites. External parsers and other tools that want to produce suites with names matching names created by Robot Framework can use this method as well. This method is also used if :attr:name is not set and someone accesses it.

The algorithm is as follows:

  • If the source is None or empty, return an empty string.
  • Get the base name of the source. Read more below.
  • Remove possible prefix separated with __.
  • Convert underscores to spaces.
  • If the name is all lower case, title case it.

The base name of files is got by calling Path.stem__ that drops the file extension. It typically works fine, but gives wrong result if the extension has multiple parts like in tests.robot.zip. That problem can be avoided by giving valid file extension or extensions as the optional extension argument.

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TestSuite.name_from_source(source, extension='.robot.zip')
TestSuite.name_from_source(source, ('.robot', '.robot.zip'))

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.PurePath.stem

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def name_from_source(source: 'Path|str|None', extension: Sequence[str] = ()) -> str:
    """Create suite name based on the given ``source``.

    This method is used by Robot Framework itself when it builds suites.
    External parsers and other tools that want to produce suites with
    names matching names created by Robot Framework can use this method as
    well. This method is also used if :attr:`name` is not set and someone
    accesses it.

    The algorithm is as follows:

    - If the source is ``None`` or empty, return an empty string.
    - Get the base name of the source. Read more below.
    - Remove possible prefix separated with ``__``.
    - Convert underscores to spaces.
    - If the name is all lower case, title case it.

    The base name of files is got by calling `Path.stem`__ that drops
    the file extension. It typically works fine, but gives wrong result
    if the extension has multiple parts like in ``tests.robot.zip``.
    That problem can be avoided by giving valid file extension or extensions
    as the optional ``extension`` argument.

    Examples::

        TestSuite.name_from_source(source)
        TestSuite.name_from_source(source, extension='.robot.zip')
        TestSuite.name_from_source(source, ('.robot', '.robot.zip'))

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.PurePath.stem
    """
    if not source:
        return ''
    if not isinstance(source, Path):
        source = Path(source)
    name = TestSuite._get_base_name(source, extension)
    if '__' in name:
        name = name.split('__', 1)[1] or name
    name = name.replace('_', ' ').strip()
    return name.title() if name.islower() else name

name property writable 

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Suite name.

If name is not set, it is constructed from source. If source is not set, name is constructed from child suite names by concatenating them with &. If there are no child suites, name is an empty string.

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Adjust suite source and child suite sources, recursively.

:param relative_to: Make suite source relative to the given path. Calls pathlib.Path.relative_to()__ internally. Raises ValueError if creating a relative path is not possible. :param root: Make given path a new root directory for the source. Raises ValueError if suite source is absolute.

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# Create a suite, adjust source and convert to JSON.
suite = TestSuite.from_file_system('/path/to/data')
suite.adjust_source(relative_to='/path/to')
suite.to_json('data.rbt')

# Recreate suite elsewhere and adjust source accordingly.
suite = TestSuite.from_json('data.rbt')
suite.adjust_source(root='/new/path/to')

New in Robot Framework 6.1.

__ https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.PurePath.relative_to

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def adjust_source(self, relative_to: 'Path|str|None' = None,
                  root: 'Path|str|None' = None):
    """Adjust suite source and child suite sources, recursively.

    :param relative_to: Make suite source relative to the given path. Calls
        `pathlib.Path.relative_to()`__ internally. Raises ``ValueError``
        if creating a relative path is not possible.
    :param root: Make given path a new root directory for the source. Raises
        ``ValueError`` if suite source is absolute.

    Adjusting the source is especially useful when moving data around as JSON::

        from robot.api import TestSuite

        # Create a suite, adjust source and convert to JSON.
        suite = TestSuite.from_file_system('/path/to/data')
        suite.adjust_source(relative_to='/path/to')
        suite.to_json('data.rbt')

        # Recreate suite elsewhere and adjust source accordingly.
        suite = TestSuite.from_json('data.rbt')
        suite.adjust_source(root='/new/path/to')

    New in Robot Framework 6.1.

    __ https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.PurePath.relative_to
    """
    if not self.source:
        raise ValueError('Suite has no source.')
    if relative_to:
        self.source = self.source.relative_to(relative_to)
    if root:
        if self.source.is_absolute():
            raise ValueError(f"Cannot set root for absolute source '{self.source}'.")
        self.source = root / self.source
    for suite in self.suites:
        suite.adjust_source(relative_to, root)

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Suite name prefixed with the full name of the possible parent suite.

Just :attr:name of the suite if it has no :attr:parent.

longname property 

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Validate that suite execution mode is set consistently.

Raise an exception if the execution mode is not set (i.e. the :attr:rpa attribute is None) and child suites have conflicting execution modes.

The execution mode is returned. New in RF 6.1.1.

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def validate_execution_mode(self) -> 'bool|None':
    """Validate that suite execution mode is set consistently.

    Raise an exception if the execution mode is not set (i.e. the :attr:`rpa`
    attribute is ``None``) and child suites have conflicting execution modes.

    The execution mode is returned. New in RF 6.1.1.
    """
    if self.rpa is None:
        rpa = name = None
        for suite in self.suites:
            suite.validate_execution_mode()
            if rpa is None:
                rpa = suite.rpa
                name = suite.full_name
            elif rpa is not suite.rpa:
                mode1, mode2 = ('tasks', 'tests') if rpa else ('tests', 'tasks')
                raise DataError(
                    f"Conflicting execution modes: Suite '{name}' has {mode1} but "
                    f"suite '{suite.full_name}' has {mode2}. Resolve the conflict "
                    f"or use '--rpa' or '--norpa' options to set the execution "
                    f"mode explicitly."
                )
        self.rpa = rpa
    return self.rpa

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Suite setup.

This attribute is a Keyword object also when a suite has no setup but in that case its truth value is False. The preferred way to check does a suite have a setup is using :attr:has_setup.

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The easiest way to reset the whole setup is setting it to None. It will automatically recreate the underlying Keyword object::

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Check does a suite have a setup without creating a setup object.

A difference between using if suite.has_setup: and if suite.setup: is that accessing the :attr:setup attribute creates a :class:Keyword object representing the setup even when the suite actually does not have one. This typically does not matter, but with bigger suite structures it can have some effect on memory usage.

New in Robot Framework 5.0.

teardown property writable 

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Suite teardown.

See :attr:setup for more information.

has_teardown property 

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Check does a suite have a teardown without creating a teardown object.

See :attr:has_setup for more information.

New in Robot Framework 5.0.

id property 

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An automatically generated unique id.

The root suite has id s1, its child suites have ids s1-s1, s1-s2, ..., their child suites get ids s1-s1-s1, s1-s1-s2, ..., s1-s2-s1, ..., and so on.

The first test in a suite has an id like s1-t1, the second has an id s1-t2, and so on. Similarly, keywords in suites (setup/teardown) and in tests get ids like s1-k1, s1-t1-k1, and s1-s4-t2-k5.

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Yields all tests this suite and its child suites contain.

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Total number of the tests in this suite and in its child suites.

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Add and/or remove specified tags to the tests in this suite.

:param add: Tags to add as a list or, if adding only one, as a single string. :param remove: Tags to remove as a list or as a single string. Can be given as patterns where * and ? work as wildcards. :param persist: Add/remove specified tags also to new tests added to this suite in the future.

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             persist: bool = False):
    """Add and/or remove specified tags to the tests in this suite.

    :param add: Tags to add as a list or, if adding only one,
        as a single string.
    :param remove: Tags to remove as a list or as a single string.
        Can be given as patterns where ``*`` and ``?`` work as wildcards.
    :param persist: Add/remove specified tags also to new tests added
        to this suite in the future.
    """
    setter = TagSetter(add, remove)
    self.visit(setter)
    if persist:
        self._my_visitors.append(setter)

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    included_suites: Sequence[str] | None = None,
    included_tests: Sequence[str] | None = None,
    included_tags: Sequence[str] | None = None,
    excluded_tags: Sequence[str] | None = None,
)

Select test cases and remove others from this suite.

Parameters have the same semantics as --suite, --test, --include, and --exclude command line options. All of them can be given as a list of strings, or when selecting only one, as a single string.

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def filter(self, included_suites: 'Sequence[str]|None' = None,
           included_tests: 'Sequence[str]|None' = None,
           included_tags: 'Sequence[str]|None' = None,
           excluded_tags: 'Sequence[str]|None' = None):
    """Select test cases and remove others from this suite.

    Parameters have the same semantics as ``--suite``, ``--test``,
    ``--include``, and ``--exclude`` command line options. All of them
    can be given as a list of strings, or when selecting only one, as
    a single string.

    Child suites that contain no tests after filtering are automatically
    removed.

    Example::

        suite.filter(included_tests=['Test 1', '* Example'],
                     included_tags='priority-1')
    """
    self.visit(Filter(included_suites, included_tests,
                      included_tags, excluded_tags))

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Removes all child suites not containing any tests, recursively.

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    """Removes all child suites not containing any tests, recursively."""
    self.visit(EmptySuiteRemover(preserve_direct_children))

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:mod:Visitor interface <robot.model.visitor> entry-point.

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    """:mod:`Visitor interface <robot.model.visitor>` entry-point."""
    visitor.visit_suite(self)

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Create a :class:TestSuite object based on the given paths.

:param paths: File or directory paths where to read the data from. :param config: Configuration parameters for :class:~.builders.TestSuiteBuilder class that is used internally for building the suite.

See also :meth:from_model and :meth:from_string.

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@classmethod
def from_file_system(cls, *paths: 'Path|str', **config) -> 'TestSuite':
    """Create a :class:`TestSuite` object based on the given ``paths``.

    :param paths: File or directory paths where to read the data from.
    :param config: Configuration parameters for :class:`~.builders.TestSuiteBuilder`
        class that is used internally for building the suite.

    See also :meth:`from_model` and :meth:`from_string`.
    """
    from .builder import TestSuiteBuilder
    return TestSuiteBuilder(**config).build(*paths)

from_model classmethod 

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    model: File,
    name: str | None = None,
    *,
    defaults: TestDefaults | None = None
) -> TestSuite

Create a :class:TestSuite object based on the given model.

:param model: Model to create the suite from. :param name: Deprecated since Robot Framework 6.1. :param defaults: Possible test specific defaults from suite initialization files. New in Robot Framework 6.1.

The model can be created by using the :func:~robot.parsing.parser.parser.get_model function and possibly modified by other tooling in the :mod:robot.parsing module.

Giving suite name is deprecated and users should set it and possible other attributes to the returned suite separately. One easy way is using the :meth:config method like this::

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See also :meth:from_file_system and :meth:from_string.

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@classmethod
def from_model(cls, model: 'File', name: 'str|None' = None, *,
               defaults: 'TestDefaults|None' = None) -> 'TestSuite':
    """Create a :class:`TestSuite` object based on the given ``model``.

    :param model: Model to create the suite from.
    :param name: Deprecated since Robot Framework 6.1.
    :param defaults: Possible test specific defaults from suite
        initialization files. New in Robot Framework 6.1.

    The model can be created by using the
    :func:`~robot.parsing.parser.parser.get_model` function and possibly
    modified by other tooling in the :mod:`robot.parsing` module.

    Giving suite name is deprecated and users should set it and possible
    other attributes to the returned suite separately. One easy way is using
    the :meth:`config` method like this::

        suite = TestSuite.from_model(model).config(name='X', doc='Example')

    See also :meth:`from_file_system` and :meth:`from_string`.
    """
    from .builder import RobotParser
    suite = RobotParser().parse_model(model, defaults)
    if name is not None:
        # TODO: Remove 'name' in RF 7.
        warnings.warn("'name' argument of 'TestSuite.from_model' is deprecated. "
                      "Set the name to the returned suite separately.")
        suite.name = name
    return suite

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    string: str,
    *,
    defaults: TestDefaults | None = None,
    **config
) -> TestSuite

Create a :class:TestSuite object based on the given string.

:param string: String to create the suite from. :param defaults: Possible test specific defaults from suite initialization files. :param config: Configuration parameters for :func:~robot.parsing.parser.parser.get_model used internally.

If suite name or other attributes need to be set, an easy way is using the :meth:config method like this::

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New in Robot Framework 6.1. See also :meth:from_model and :meth:from_file_system.

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def from_string(cls, string: str, *, defaults: 'TestDefaults|None' = None,
                **config) -> 'TestSuite':
    """Create a :class:`TestSuite` object based on the given ``string``.

    :param string: String to create the suite from.
    :param defaults: Possible test specific defaults from suite
        initialization files.
    :param config: Configuration parameters for
         :func:`~robot.parsing.parser.parser.get_model` used internally.

    If suite name or other attributes need to be set, an easy way is using
    the :meth:`config` method like this::

        suite = TestSuite.from_string(string).config(name='X', doc='Example')

    New in Robot Framework 6.1. See also :meth:`from_model` and
    :meth:`from_file_system`.
    """
    from robot.parsing import get_model
    model = get_model(string, data_only=True, **config)
    return cls.from_model(model, defaults=defaults)

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    randomize_suites: bool = False,
    randomize_tests: bool = False,
    randomize_seed: int | None = None,
    **options
)

A shortcut to configure a suite using one method call.

Can only be used with the root test suite.

:param randomize_xxx: Passed to :meth:randomize. :param options: Passed to :class:~robot.model.configurer.SuiteConfigurer that will then set suite attributes, call :meth:filter, etc. as needed.

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                doc='Smoke test results.')

Not to be confused with :meth:config method that suites, tests, and keywords have to make it possible to set multiple attributes in one call.

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def configure(self, randomize_suites: bool = False, randomize_tests: bool = False,
              randomize_seed: 'int|None' = None, **options):
    """A shortcut to configure a suite using one method call.

    Can only be used with the root test suite.

    :param randomize_xxx: Passed to :meth:`randomize`.
    :param options: Passed to
        :class:`~robot.model.configurer.SuiteConfigurer` that will then
        set suite attributes, call :meth:`filter`, etc. as needed.

    Example::

        suite.configure(include_tags=['smoke'],
                        doc='Smoke test results.')

    Not to be confused with :meth:`config` method that suites, tests,
    and keywords have to make it possible to set multiple attributes in
    one call.
    """
    super().configure(**options)
    self.randomize(randomize_suites, randomize_tests, randomize_seed)

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    suites: bool = True,
    tests: bool = True,
    seed: int | None = None,
)

Randomizes the order of suites and/or tests, recursively.

:param suites: Boolean controlling should suites be randomized. :param tests: Boolean controlling should tests be randomized. :param seed: Random seed. Can be given if previous random order needs to be re-created. Seed value is always shown in logs and reports.

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def randomize(self, suites: bool = True, tests: bool = True,
              seed: 'int|None' = None):
    """Randomizes the order of suites and/or tests, recursively.

    :param suites: Boolean controlling should suites be randomized.
    :param tests: Boolean controlling should tests be randomized.
    :param seed: Random seed. Can be given if previous random order needs
        to be re-created. Seed value is always shown in logs and reports.
    """
    self.visit(Randomizer(suites, tests, seed))

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Executes the suite based on the given settings or options.

:param settings: :class:~robot.conf.settings.RobotSettings object to configure test execution. :param options: Used to construct new :class:~robot.conf.settings.RobotSettings object if settings are not given. :return: :class:~robot.result.executionresult.Result object with information about executed suites and tests.

If options are used, their names are the same as long command line options except without hyphens. Some options are ignored (see below), but otherwise they have the same semantics as on the command line. Options that can be given on the command line multiple times can be passed as lists like variable=['VAR1:value1', 'VAR2:value2']. If such an option is used only once, it can be given also as a single string like variable='VAR:value'.

Additionally, listener option allows passing object directly instead of listener name, e.g. run('tests.robot', listener=Listener()).

To capture stdout and/or stderr streams, pass open file objects in as special keyword arguments stdout and stderr, respectively.

Only options related to the actual test execution have an effect. For example, options related to selecting or modifying test cases or suites (e.g. --include, --name, --prerunmodifier) or creating logs and reports are silently ignored. The output XML generated as part of the execution can be configured, though. This includes disabling it with output=None.

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                   output='example.xml',
                   exitonfailure=True,
                   stdout=stdout)
print(result.return_code)

To save memory, the returned :class:~robot.result.executionresult.Result object does not have any information about the executed keywords. If that information is needed, the created output XML file needs to be read using the :class:~robot.result.resultbuilder.ExecutionResult factory method.

See the :mod:package level <robot.running> documentation for more examples, including how to construct executable test suites and how to create logs and reports based on the execution results.

See the :func:robot.run <robot.run.run> function for a higher-level API for executing tests in files or directories.

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def run(self, settings=None, **options):
    """Executes the suite based on the given ``settings`` or ``options``.

    :param settings: :class:`~robot.conf.settings.RobotSettings` object
        to configure test execution.
    :param options: Used to construct new
        :class:`~robot.conf.settings.RobotSettings` object if ``settings``
        are not given.
    :return: :class:`~robot.result.executionresult.Result` object with
        information about executed suites and tests.

    If ``options`` are used, their names are the same as long command line
    options except without hyphens. Some options are ignored (see below),
    but otherwise they have the same semantics as on the command line.
    Options that can be given on the command line multiple times can be
    passed as lists like ``variable=['VAR1:value1', 'VAR2:value2']``.
    If such an option is used only once, it can be given also as a single
    string like ``variable='VAR:value'``.

    Additionally, listener option allows passing object directly instead of
    listener name, e.g. ``run('tests.robot', listener=Listener())``.

    To capture stdout and/or stderr streams, pass open file objects in as
    special keyword arguments ``stdout`` and ``stderr``, respectively.

    Only options related to the actual test execution have an effect.
    For example, options related to selecting or modifying test cases or
    suites (e.g. ``--include``, ``--name``, ``--prerunmodifier``) or
    creating logs and reports are silently ignored. The output XML
    generated as part of the execution can be configured, though. This
    includes disabling it with ``output=None``.

    Example::

        stdout = StringIO()
        result = suite.run(variable='EXAMPLE:value',
                           output='example.xml',
                           exitonfailure=True,
                           stdout=stdout)
        print(result.return_code)

    To save memory, the returned
    :class:`~robot.result.executionresult.Result` object does not
    have any information about the executed keywords. If that information
    is needed, the created output XML file needs to be read  using the
    :class:`~robot.result.resultbuilder.ExecutionResult` factory method.

    See the :mod:`package level <robot.running>` documentation for
    more examples, including how to construct executable test suites and
    how to create logs and reports based on the execution results.

    See the :func:`robot.run <robot.run.run>` function for a higher-level
    API for executing tests in files or directories.
    """
    from .namespace import IMPORTER
    from .signalhandler import STOP_SIGNAL_MONITOR
    from .suiterunner import SuiteRunner

    with LOGGER:
        if not settings:
            settings = RobotSettings(options)
            LOGGER.register_console_logger(**settings.console_output_config)
        with pyloggingconf.robot_handler_enabled(settings.log_level):
            with STOP_SIGNAL_MONITOR:
                IMPORTER.reset()
                output = Output(settings)
                runner = SuiteRunner(output, settings)
                self.visit(runner)
            output.close(runner.result)
    return runner.result