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Lou Gyde
Lou Gyde

Reputation: 115

Robot Framework, How to download a file returned in a response body using only request api

I'm using robot framework to send requests without opening a browser. One of the requests is supposed to download a file. But when I send this request the file is not downloaded (even if I have a 200 status code).

${uri}    set variable    /api/pricing/ExportImportParams/downloadExportParams
Create Session    test    ${url}    cookies=&{cookies}
${resp}=    Get Request    test    ${uri}    headers=&{headers}
${resp_code} =    Set Variable    ${resp.status_code}
${resp_code} =    Convert To String    ${resp_code}
Run Keyword And Continue On Failure    Should be Equal    ${resp_code}    200

The test is passed while the status code is 200. But no file is downloaded

Here is the response Headers

content-disposition: attachment; filename="Export Site Parameter_2020-01-03_09-21-39.xlsx"; filename*=UTF-8''Export%20Site%20Parameter_2020-01-03_09-21-39.xlsx content-length: 3767 content-type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet date: Fri, 03 Jan 2020 09:21:38 GMT server: Kestrel x-powered-by: ASP.NET

Thanks for helping

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3746

Answers (1)

A. Kootstra
A. Kootstra

Reputation: 6961

Making an assumption that you are using the RequestsLibrary to perform the HTTP Get request to retrieve the file. Althought the documentation does not specify it, the content attribute of the returned response object contains the data. This can then be easily stored in a file using the standard OperatingSystem library. 

*** Settings ***
Library    RequestsLibrary
Library    OperatingSystem

*** Test Cases ***
File Download Using RequestsLibrary


    ${file_name}      Set Variable    file_example_XLS_10.xls
    ${uri}            Set Variable    /wp-content/uploads/2017/02/${file_name}

    Create Session    test    https://file-examples.com
    ${response}=          Get Request    test    ${uri}

    Run Keyword And Continue On Failure    Should Be Equal As Numbers     ${response.status_code}    200

    Create Binary File     ${EXECDIR}/${file_name}     ${response.content}

Upvotes: 2

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