How do we run start_suite (listener function) only once for all tests using pabot?

Extensions Pabot
1

Looks like the start_suite function runs before every test case in robot file when we run tests in parallel using pabot witn option --splittestlevel. Could someone suggest if there is a way to make start_suite run only once for all test cases? Below is what is happening for me now on running tests in parallel using pabot

start_suite
start_test
test a
end_test
end_suite
start_suite
start_test
test b
end_test
end_suite

However, I have been exploring to make it work like below

start_suite
start_test
test a
end_test
start_test
test b
end_test
end_suite

2

Hi Bhushan,

See Run Setup Only Once in Execution affecting keywords

Dave.

3

@damies13 Thanks for the response

I tried to do it. But could not import the pabot library in robot file. Could you suggest on how to import it? I tried below

Library. pabot/PabotLib

4

Hi Bhushan,

There’s additional info on the pabot github page

  • When you run pabot, you need to use the --pabotlib option
  • the library import is (you were close):
Library    pabot.PabotLib

Dave.

5

@damies13 I am able to import pabot library now. There was an issue with my IDE due to which it could not recognize the library. Thanks