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How can I send a GET request with json payload in the Robot Framework?

I've looked at RESTinstance and RequestsLibrary, but can't find a way to send a GET to the server with JSON as part of my request. I am grateful for any advice.

Solution

  • Using the Get Request keyword from the RequestLibrary it could be done like below. A JSON in general is a dictionary in Robot Framework. In the example below the &{JSON} variable is equivalent with the following JSON:

    {
  "name": "peter",
  "other_attribute": "value"
}

    With additional keywords you could create nested structures as well.

    Example:

    *** Settings ***
Library           RequestsLibrary

*** Variables ***
&{JSON}    name=peter    other_attribute=value

*** Test Cases ***
Test
    Create session    alias=my_session    url=http://127.0.0.1:5000
    ${response}=    Get Request    alias=my_session    uri=api/your_api_endpoint    json=${JSON}
    Log    ${response}