Cert2 : Ask user for input and use it in someway

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Hi! Its me again.

There is somekind of mistake with my code but I cannot figure out exactly what it is. I try to ask web page address from a user and use the input to access web page. I watched the videos and examples and did the same way, but this throws me an error. Here is a snippet of my code.

*** Tasks ***
Order robots from RobotSpareBin Industries Inc
    Open the robot order website
    Ask user for CSV path
    Submit the form in FORLOOP
    Create ZIP package from PDF Files
    Close the Browser


*** Keywords ***
Open the robot order website
     Open Available Browser    ${URL}
     Wait Until Page Contains Element    css:.modal-content
     Click Button    OK

Ask user for CSV path
    Add heading    Insert URL for downloading CSV
    Add text input    URL for downloading CSV file    placeholder=Insert URL here
    ${result}=    Run dialog
    RETURN    ${result}

Download the CSV file
    [Arguments]    ${CSV_FILE_PATH}
    Download    ${CSV_FILE_PATH}=    Ask user for CSV path    overwrite=True

Submit the form in FORLOOP
    [Arguments]    ${result}
    ${List_of_orders}=    Read table from CSV    ${result}    header=True
    Close Workbook
    FOR    ${orders}    IN    @{List_of_orders}......

Error3

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Could you see the error description? Maybe it says you are missing mandatory argument? Or is it something else?

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Hi Raivo,
I forgot to add a log, sorry for that. Yes that’s right,
Keyword ‘Submit the form in FORLOOP’ expected 1 argument, got 0.

I did try to delete task “Submit the form in FORLOOP” from the list, but then it just doesnt do the loop and jumps to the next task.

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Hi, then the issue is > you have defined your keyword with mandatory argument

Submit the form in FORLOOP
    [Arguments]    ${result}

But when you are calling keyword from Tasks you are not passing any arguments. So from tasks should be like

*** Tasks ***
Order ...
    Open site...
    Ask...
    Submit the form in FORLOOP   ${argument_to_keyword}
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I did try that too, it says undefined variable.

Error3_b

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Your Ask user for CSV path returns value that is not saved. So you could save your result to ${result} and then input it to Submit...

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Thank you again for your help. Not sure if I understand, I’ll try.

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Maybe it will help :

https://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html#using-arguments

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Hi,
yes i read that through, thank you. I used this guide .

This is what I came up with, doesnt throw an error in code but there’s a error in log, saying

OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: “{‘URL for downloading CSV file’: ‘https://robotsparebinindustries.com/orders.csv’, ‘submit’: ‘Submit’}”

I guess there is still something wrong with my logic.

*** Tasks ***
Order robots from RobotSpareBin Industries Inc
    Open the robot order website
    ${CSV_FILE_PATH}=    Ask user for CSV path
    Submit the form in FORLOOP    ${CSV_FILE_PATH}

*** Keywords ***
Ask user for CSV path
    Add heading    Insert URL for downloading CSV
    Add text input    URL for downloading CSV file    placeholder=Insert URL here
    ${result}=    Run dialog
    RETURN    ${result}

Download the CSV file
    [Arguments]    ${CSV_FILE_PATH}
    Download    ${CSV_FILE_PATH}=    Ask user for CSV path    overwrite=True

Submit the form in FORLOOP
    [Arguments]    ${CSV_FILE_PATH}
    ${List_of_orders}=    Read table from CSV    ${CSV_FILE_PATH}    header=True
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Did also try this besides many other options :slight_smile:

Order robots from RobotSpareBin Industries Inc
    Open the robot order website
    ${result}=    Ask user for CSV path
    Submit the form in FORLOOP    ${result}
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Run dialog returns a result object with all input values . So if you want to return only url you need to access it in RETURN. There is example in documentation.

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I got this to work by changing ${CSV_FILE_PATH} to ${CURDIR}${/}orders.csv
in Submit the form in FORLOOP

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I also had troubles using Run dialog command for for creating user input, Get Value From User worked without any problems.