How to get test cases list in Robot Framework without launching the actual tests?

Question

I have file test.robot with test cases.

How can i get the list of this test cases without activating the tests, from command line or python?

Answer 1

For v3.2 and up:

In RobotFramework 3.2 the parsing APIs have been rewritten, so the answer from Bryan Oakley won't work on these versions anymore.

The proper code that is compatible with both pre-3.2 and post-3.2 versions is the following:

from robot.running import TestSuiteBuilder
from robot.model import SuiteVisitor


class TestCasesFinder(SuiteVisitor):
    def __init__(self):
        self.tests = []

    def visit_test(self, test):
        self.tests.append(test)


builder = TestSuiteBuilder()
testsuite = builder.build('testsuite/')
finder = TestCasesFinder()
testsuite.visit(finder)

print(*finder.tests)

Further reading:

• Visitor model
• TestSuiteBuilder class reference