Robot Framework: conditional import of resource - import

Question

Is it possible to do a conditional import of a resource file in robot framework? Depending on the test environment, I want to import a resource file with different variables. The variable could be read from the robot CLI (e.g. robot --variable VAR:production myTestSuite)
Illustrating Example:
*** Settings***
Resource variables_url_environment_a.robot
Resource variables_url_environment_b.robot
Run keyword if '${VAR}'=='production' Import resource variables_url_environment_b.robot

Answer 1

You could use Arguments file that will have different Environmental variables, You could use something like
QA.args
--variable Enviroment:http://sample.url/QA:1111
--variable USER:John
--variable PASSWORD:John
Then in your Robot.test
*** Test Cases ***
Run Argument File
Go To ${Enviroment}
Login With User ${USER} ${PASSWORD}
NOTE: This is just an example of the argument file use Login with User is not an actual keyword
And then execute command
robot --argumentfile "QA.args" tests
You can also overwrite the variables on the command line.
robot --argumentfile "QA.args" --variable Enviroment:http://sample.url/Staging:1111 tests

Answer 2

You could use a variable in the name of import file.
Set the value of the variable from pom.xml file in case you are using maven.
Something like below, where ${PLATFORM} is a variable :
*Settings*
Resource ../platforms/settings_${PLATFORM}.tsv
Resource ../platforms/settings_default.tsv
*Variables*
${PLATFORM} ${ENV_PLATFORM}
Below is snippet from POM.xml
....
<env.platform>Platform1.</env.platform>
....
<configuration>
<variables>
<param>ENV_PLATFORM:${env.platform}</param>
</variables>
</configuration>
....
Also, this way you can pass the value of platform from jenkins (if used)
using -Denv.platform=Platform_5

Answer 3

I dont think conditional imort is possible in Robot Framework in the way you liked.
However,what you can do is instead of importing envorimnent file as resoucres , you can pass them to your test as --variablefile
How i will do it?
variables_url_environment_a.py
msg='env a'
variables_url_environment_b.py
msg='env b'
Test.robot
*** Settings ***
*** Variables ***
*** Test Cases ***
print message to console
print msg
*** Keywords ***
print msg
log to console ${msg}
Now just run your test suite as per the enviroment you need by creating a simple python script.
Python_run_script
import subprocess
var='Production'
command_a='pybot -V variables_url_environment_a.py Test.robot'
command_b='pybot -V variables_url_environment_a.py Test.robot'
if var='Production':
procId = subprocess.Popen(command_a,stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
else:
procId = subprocess.Popen(command_b,stdout = subprocess.PIPE)
For more information about how to use --variablefile , you can also refer below url
https://automationlab0000.wordpress.com/2018/11/20/how-to-pass-python-variable-file-in-robotframework/

Answer 4

Run Keyword If '${VAR}' == 'iOS' Import Library a.py