Unable to Run .Robot file in Pycharm windows

Question

Iam new to Robot framework . I have installed below.

Python 3.7.0
Pycharm 2018.1.4 community edition
Robot framework 3.0.4 
robotframework==3.0.4
robotframework-selenium2library==3.0.0
robotframework-seleniumlibrary==3.1.1

I also set the environment variable --> path as "C:\Python37-32\Scripts;C:\Python37-32 "

In pycharm Created a new Demo.robot file . In Pycharm --> tools-->External tools--> set the 'program' as 'C:\Python37-32\Scripts\robot.bat' and 'working directory' as 'C:\Python37-32\Scripts' .

In Pycharm 'Run/debug configuration'-->'Script path' set as 'C:\Users\inmj\PycharmProjects\PycharmProject1\Demo.robot'
'Python Interpreter' as 'Python 3.7 (PycharmProject1)'

Tried running below script in Pycharm

*** Settings ***
Documentation  sample
Library  SeleniumLibrary

It gives me error as below

C:\Python37-32\python.exe C:/Users/inmj/PycharmProjects/PycharmProject1/Demo.robot File "C:/Users/inmj/PycharmProjects/PycharmProject1/Demo.robot", line 1

*** Settings ***
 ^

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Could anyone please help me ?

Possible duplicate of Running tests on PyCharm using Robot Framework — Todor Minakov
– Todor Minakov, Commented Aug 1, 2018 at 11:38

Corey Goldberg · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-31 16:44:49Z

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You are trying to execute a Robot script directly with a Python interpreter. Python interpreters only understand Python code, not Robot syntax.

you need to execute your Robot scripts through the robot runner. see: http://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html#executing-robot-framework

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 16:44

Corey Goldberg

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MNA Over a year ago

Thanks @Corey . the attached document says to run on command line and i need to know the settings in Pycharm .I created the .Robot file in pycharm and Now i tried In Pycharm --> tools-->External tools--> set the 'program' as 'C:\Python37-32\Scripts\pybot.bat' and still the same issue .

Corey Goldberg Over a year ago

you need to pass your .robot script as an argument to pybot.

MNA Over a year ago

Hi @Corey , Thanks much . I passed the script as an argument in External tools , and in Run/Debug configuration selected Script path as 'C:\Python37-32\Lib\site-packages\robot\run.py ' . It works fine now .

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