How to access variables from .yaml file to robot framework script?

Question

I have Myvariable.yaml file and sample.robot file, I wanted to use the variables from .yaml file to robot file

• Myvariable.yaml file:

     ACFC NEWS:
          Doc_Title:  XPath=//div[@class='ng-scope']
          Open_Selector:  xpath=//button[@class='btn btn-default ng-binding]
  

• Sample.robot file

     ***Settings****
     Variables  Myvariable.yaml
  
     ***Keywords****
     Choose Topic:
          Input Text   ${Doc_Title}   "Some text"
          Click Button   ${Open_Selector}
  

Error: Variable not found

It would be great if any one can help me in solving this issue.

Answer 1

you need to access the attributes of yaml file like ${DICT.one} more information here

https://github.com/robotframework/robotframework/blob/master/doc/userguide/src/CreatingTestData/ResourceAndVariableFiles.rst#variable-file-as-yaml

your modified code

*** Settings ***
Variables    Myvariable.yaml

*** Test Case ***
Test
    Choose Topic
***Keywords****
Choose Topic
       Log   ${ACFC NEWS.Doc_Title}
       Log   ${ACFC NEWS.Open_Selector}

I am assuming you are running the script with below command

pybot -V myvariable.yaml sample.robot

This should solve your problem now.