Test Template with Robot Framework

Question

I am attempting to utilize the Robot Framework Test Template function and have been experiencing a little difficulty.

My current Test consist of opening 5 different websites (declared as variables)

Here is my code:

*** Settings ***
Library  Selenium2Library
Library  OperatingSystem
Library  String
Library  Collections
Test Template  Open URL

*** Variables ***
${URL1}     http://montrealgazette.com/
${URL2}     https://www.usatoday.com/
${URL3}     http://www.foxnews.com/
${URL4}     http://www.cnn.com/
${URL5}     https://ca.reuters.com/

*** Test Cases ***
Validate Availability
${URL1}
${URL2}
${URL3}
${URL4}
${URL5}

*** Keywords ***
Open URL
[Arguments]  ${URL}
Open Browser    $[URL]     Chrome

When I run this code, 5 separate blank browser windows are opened.If there is a better way to do this, please let me know. Thanks in advance for the help!

Answer 1

You don't seem to have indented your test case's content, which could perhaps be the problem (after you've fixed the syntax error mentioned in Raj sattam's answer). That's pretty much the only mistake I can see. You'll want to do the same in your keyword's declaration as well.

*** Test Cases ***
Validate Availability
    ${URL1}
    ${URL2}
    ${URL3}
    ${URL4}
    ${URL5}

If that still doesn't fix it, instead of using the ** Settings ** section, you may try to declare the test case itself as a templated test case, like this:

*** Settings ***
Library  Selenium2Library
Library  OperatingSystem
Library  String
Library  Collections

*** Variables ***
${URL1}     http://montrealgazette.com/
${URL2}     https://www.usatoday.com/
${URL3}     http://www.foxnews.com/
${URL4}     http://www.cnn.com/
${URL5}     https://ca.reuters.com/

*** Test Cases ***
Validate Availability
    [Template]    Open URL
    ${URL1}
    ${URL2}
    ${URL3}
    ${URL4}
    ${URL5}

*** Keywords ***
Open URL
    [Arguments]  ${URL}
    Open Browser    ${URL}     Chrome

Answer 2

you can use Execute Javascript Keyword like:

*** Settings ***
Library  Selenium2Library
Library  OperatingSystem
Library  String
Library  Collections
Test Template  Open URL

*** Variables ***
${URL1}     http://montrealgazette.com/
${URL2}     https://www.usatoday.com/
${URL3}     http://www.foxnews.com/
${URL4}     http://www.cnn.com/
${URL5}     https://ca.reuters.com/

*** Test Cases ***
Validate Availability
    Open URLs In New Tab   ${URL1}    ${URL2}    ${URL3}    ${URL4}    ${URL5}

*** Keywords ***
Open URLs In New Tab   
    [Arguments]  @{URL}
    :FOR ${eachUrl}  IN  @{URL}
    \   Execute Javascript    window.open(${eachUrl},"_blank");