Robot Framework for M2M Testing -

User Guide
Important Features

 Robot framework is a generic test automation

framework which utilizes keyword driven testing
approach
 Its testing capabilities can be extended by creating
custom libraries where the keywords are
implemented
 Provides easy to read logs and reports
 Provides tagging to categorize and execute test
cases in a particular order
 Has in-built support for variables to test in different
environments
 Has a modular architecture which supports
reusability
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ROBOT Test framework for M2M -
High level Architecture for Demo

PY to C
Test case
method calls C coap
ROBOT C HTTP UDP SUT
containing PY Test and XML Socket (GW/NS)
keywords Invoke PY Library Send / Receive
(RIDE) lib
Test library messages
to / from SUT

• Robot IDE to edit and execute test cases and view logs and reports. A Test case is a collection of keywords.
RIDE

• Python library containing implementation for keywords. A set of keywords put together shall form a test case. Once we build a
repository of standard key words to send messages and to process successful / error response / timeouts we can construct test cases to
ROBOT PY suite various scenarios.
Test Lib

• To start off test framework shall use the existing C based coap and XML libraries, this shall be replaced with Python Libraries going
forward.
C coap and
XML lib

• Bound by C coap library for now, shall be replaced with a python module in the first version of the tool.
UDP Socket

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Keywords in Test Library – OOPs
paradigm
 Build <Resource Name> - instantiates an object of type
<Resource Name>
 Set Attribute <name, value> – sets the value of resource’s
attribute
 Set Primitive <name, value>– sets the value of primitive
attribute for the particular message
 Set Endpoint <name, value>– sets the value of peer ip address,
peer port and host scl name
 Send Msg – To send the composed message
 Receive Response – waits to receive response
 Decode Response <expected response code>– decodes
received response to compare with expected response code
and consequently sets the verdict to pass or fail
 Coap Setup <ipaddress, port>– To set up CoAP layer
 Coap TearDown – To teardown CoAP layer
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High level design

C API C API
Python Test Library (To add coap/http headers to (udp/tcp sockets to transfer
(Implementation of keywords xml payload for coap and http CoAP/HTTP messages to SUT)
in Python for creating XML library)
payload)
 
 

  C API C API
Python Test Library (To read header from (udp/tcp sockets to transfer
(Validate xml payload) received packet for coap CoAP/HTTP messages to
and http library) SUT)
 
 

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Installation Steps - Robot

sudo apt-get install python2.7 – (ensure no older or newer versions are already
installed)

sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential

$ sudo pip install --upgrade pip

$ sudo pip install --upgrade virtualenv

sudo pip install robotframework

sudo pip install robotframework-ride

sudo apt-get install lxml*

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Installation Steps - Python

 Check python version installed on the system:

• #python –version

Ensure only python 2.7x version is installed. On most linux systems, python 2.7x version comes pre-
installed. If python 2.7x version is not installed, install it as shown below:

 Install dependencies:

 #sudo apt-get install build-essential

 #sudo apt-get install libreadline-gplv2-dev libncursesw5-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev
tk-dev libgdbm-dev libc6-dev libbz2-dev

 Download the source package:

 wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.5/Python-2.7.5.tgz
 Extract and go to the directory tar -xvf Python-2.7.5.tgz
 cd Python-2.7.5
 Now install using :./configure
 sudo make install

 If python 3.x version is installed, it is better to remove it but not necessary.

 Reference : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH4anq35I4o
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Installation Steps - Robot

[1] Installing Robot Framework

Installed using source code.
Link : https://code.google.com/p/robotframework/downloads/list
Download robotframework-2.7.7.tar.gz file
Followed below steps
tar –xvzf robotframework-2.7.7.tar.gz
cd robotframework-2.7.7
python setup.py install
 
[2] Installing wxPython (Dependent package for RIDE)
sudo apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8
 
[3] Installing RIDE
Installed using source code
Link: https://code.google.com/p/robotframework-ride/downloads/list
Download robotframework-ride-1.1.tar.gz
Followed below steps
tar –xvzf robotframework-ride-1.1.tar.gz
cd robotframework-ride-1.1
python setup.py install
 
[4] Installing lxml (Robot TCs dependent package)
sudo  apt-get install lxml*
 

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RIDE Snapshot

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Run Robot Test cases – Batch run

Compile Robot Execute “select Now follow on screen instructions, noted

C stub code: test case” script to below for your reference (instructions change
get started based on the options selected
> cd
4_Test/testBen
ches/Robot/80
x86/gcc_linux • Run command : > ride.py
> sh selectTest.sh
• Include Connection.py at suite level.
> make -f
RobotTest.mak • Set CoAP Setup at Suite Setup : CoAP Setup |
shared clean 127.0.0.1 | 61616

• Set CoAP TearDown at Suite Teardown : CoAP

make -f TearDown
RobotTest.mak
shared
• Run TCs using Start button in RIDE or press F8.

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Robot Batch run – Cont.…

Include
Connection.py at
suite level.

• Set CoAP Setup at Suite

Setup
• Set CoAP TearDown at
Suite Teardown

Include
Connection.py at
suite level.

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Run Robot Test cases – Particular resource
package

Compile Robot C stub Bring up ride and

Copy the <resource>.txt file to
code: run test cases
4_Test/testBenches/Robot/80x
86/gcc_linux

> cd Run command:

4_Test/testBench ride.py
es/Robot/80x86/g <resource>.txt.
cc_linux E.g. ride.py
cp ApplicationsTC.txt
/mnt/4_Test/testCases/Robot/
ApplicationsTC.txt
/mnt/4_Test/testBenches/Rob
> make -f ot/80x86/gcc_linux
RobotTest.mak Run TCs using
shared Start button in
RIDE or press F8.

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Robot – Test Results - Snapshot

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Bring up M2M Server and Gateway

Fetch the code

from svn /
clearcase.
Install libcurl for SVN client for
Install libxml for E.g. >
HTTP support: source code
xml library: sudo svn+ssh://pnatara
sudo apt-get management:
apt-get install j@172.24.2.70/var/
install libcurl4- sudo apt-get
libxml2-dev svn/m2m_repo/br
gnutls-Dev install subversion
anches/phase6/m
2m_sdp_3.00_rsy
s_intbr_5.20.0

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Bring up M2M Server and Gateway

Compile Server /
Export Library path, Register Gateway to
Gateway code, issue Start M2M Server Server and create
issue the below
the below commands and gateway m2mPoc resource
commands

Select the Manager

> cd > Cd > cd x-term of the
5_Applications/Se 5_Applications/Se 5_Applications/Se gateway, enter > m
rver_Gateway/buil rver_Gateway/rel rver_Gateway/rele (displays menu)
dAll/ ease/gcc_linux ase/gcc_linux

Enter > d (register

gateway with
> export server)
> make clean LD_LIBRARY_PA > ./server.sh start
TH=./

Select option > 1

for COAP and > 2
> ./gateway.sh for HTTP
> make
start

Select C to create
m2mpoc
All the SCs are started and
corresponding x-term’s pop
up.
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Thank You