robot.rebot(...) how to merge resultsin python script?

[Mauri Jokela]

Howdy

I have searched (googled...) this now two days and I can't figure it out so perhaps I can get some pointers here.

I can succesfully merge two result files in command line by:

rebot --outputdir reports --output Zimulation.xml --merge reports\Zimulation.xml reports\rerun\Sandbox.xml

The merged results appear in Zimulation.xml

Now when I try the same thing in python script, I can not get result files merged.

If I try to convert command line arguments directly, it gives error "[ ERROR ] One or more data source needed.":

robot.rebot(outputdir='reports',output='Zimulation.xml',merge=['reports/rerun/sandbox.xml','reports/Zimulation.xml'])

If I add data source, like this:

robot.rebot('reports/Zimulation.xml',outputdir='reports',output='Zimulation.xml',merge='reports/rerun/sandbox.xml')

the produced result file contains only results in original Zimulation.xml.

Question: how do I merge two result files in python script with robot.rebot(...) ?

Thank you.

-M-

[Kevin O.]

I think merge is just an option - its not where you put your data sources. You name all your input files as un-named arguments.

Try:

robot.rebot('reports/rerun/sandbox.xml', 'reports/Zimulation.xml', outputdir='reports', output='Zimulation.xml', merge=True)

See https://robot-framework.readthedocs.org/en/3.0/autodoc/robot.html#robot.rebot.rebot

[Mauri Jokela]

Thank you!

That is how it works, and now it works.

I think I misinterpreted this sentence in rebot.py, I did not think about using merge=True.
.

Options that can be given on the command line multiple times can be
passed as lists like `include=['tag1', 'tag2']`.

br

-M-