How to send Query Params in Get Request in Robot Framework? - rest

Question

I am new to Robot Framework and am facing an issue while sending query params in Get Request method.
Following is the code that I tried with no luck :
Get Data With Filter
[Arguments] ${type} ${filter}
${auth} = Create List ${user_name} ${password}
${params} = Create Dictionary type=${type} filter=${filter}
Create Session testingapi url=${some_host_name} auth=${auth}
${resp} = Get Request testingapi /foo/data params=${params}
Log ${resp}
${type} has value new and ${filter} that I want is id:"1234"
I am expecting final url to formed as :
/foo/data?type=new&filter=id%3A1234
Instead of forming the expected url, I get the request url as :
GET Request using : uri=/foo/data, params={'type': 'new', 'filter': 'id:1234'}
I might be missing something very obvious but I cant figure out what it is. What can I change in this piece of code or any new code that needs to be added?

Answer 1

I think the logger is just outputting the params as the dictionary. The request should actually be made to foo/data?type=new&filter=id%3A1234
You can test it with the following request to Postman Echo (An HTTP testing service):
${auth} = Create List Mark SuperSecret
${params} = Create Dictionary type=Condos filter=2Bedrooms
Create Session testingapi url=http://postman-echo.com auth=${auth}
${resp} = Get Request testingapi /get params=${params}
${json} = To JSON ${resp.content} pretty_print=True
Log \n${json} console=yes
The response will correctly list the params you've encoded:
{
"args": {
"filter": "2Bedrooms",
"type": "Condos"
},
"headers": {
"accept": "*/*",
"accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"authorization": "Basic TWFyazpTdXBlclNlY3JldA==",
"host": "postman-echo.com",
"user-agent": "python-requests/2.25.0",
"x-amzn-trace-id": "Root=1-5fb43ae9-1880b0a621c864b06ce1f54a",
"x-forwarded-port": "80",
"x-forwarded-proto": "http"
},
"url": "http://postman-echo.com/get?type=Condos&filter=2Bedrooms"
}