An (almost) complete and convenience Pexpect wrapper for Robot Framework, with extra functionalities.
See keyword documentation for available keywords and more information about the library in general.
The recommended installation method is using pip:
pip install PexpectLibrary
This library is almost complete. It provides the following classes to use:
pexpect.spawnpexpect.fdpexpect.fdspawnpexpect.popen_spawn.PopenSpawnSerialSpawn, a class to interact on serial ports using pyserial, which is not in the pexpect library.
Note that not all keywords support all classes above.
Below is a list of missing functionalities from pexpect.
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pexpect.run()This function use
pexpect.spawnwhich only work in *nix platforms. It's better to use the built-in keywordProcess.Run Process. -
pexpect.spawn.interact()This function is useless and difficult to implement due to Robot Framework's standard streams restriction.
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class
pexpect.replwrap.REPLWrapperThe usage of this class is quite different from other classes. A new library with different name may better. This may be added in the future.
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class
pexpect.pxssh.pxsshThis class wraps the
sshcommand usingpexpect.spawn. If you need a ssh client, an ssh client library might be better.
Let me know if you need these. They might be added in the future.