Unable to import python method in robot framework testcase

Robot Framework
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Hi Team, I am facing an issue while trying testcases with robot framework with python libraries

gui_initilization.py

from robot.libraries.BuiltIn import BuiltIn
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait

class Initialization:
def **init**(self, driver) → None:
self.driver = driver

def gui_login(self, username, password):
    username_input = self.find_gui_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='username']")
    password_input = self.find_gui_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='password']")
    login_button = self.find_gui_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='kc-login']")        
    if username_input and password_input:
        username_input.send_keys(username)
        password_input.send_keys(password)
        login_button.click()

def find_gui_element_by_xpath(self, xpath):
    """Returns the web-element of the xpath provided."""
    element = WebDriverWait(self.driver, WAIT_TIMEOUT).until(
        expected_conditions.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, xpath)))
    self.driver.execute_script("arguments[0].scrollIntoView({block: \"center\", inline: \"center\"});", element)
    element_visible = WebDriverWait(self.driver, WAIT_TIMEOUT).until(expected_conditions.visibility_of(element))
    return element_visible

gui_configuration.py

import json
import time
from robot.libraries.BuiltIn import BuiltIn
from robot.api.deco import keyword
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from gui_initialization import Initialization
from ConfigAPI.Test.GUI.GUI import GUIApi
CHROME_OPTIONS = Options()
CHROME_OPTIONS.add_argument(‘–ignore-certificate-errors’)
CHROME_OPTIONS.add_argument(“–headless”)
WEB_PAGE_LOAD_TIMEOUT = 20

class GUI_Configuration:
def **init**(self):
print(“Hello this is a new testcase”)
self.gui_url = “https://10.10.10.10/”
self.driver:webdriver = webdriver.Chrome(options=CHROME_OPTIONS)
self.load_webgui(self.gui_url)
self.gui_data_obj = Initialization(self.driver)
self.username = “admin”
self.password = “123”
if self.username and self.password:
self.gui_data_obj.gui_login(self.username, self.password)
# self.enable_screenshots = False
# self.set_screenshots_mode()
self.gui_api_obj = GUIApi()

@property
def gui_data_setter(self) -> Initialization:
    return self._gui_data_obj

@keyword
def display(self):
    print("Login to GUI")

def load_webgui(self, url):
    try:
        self.driver.set_page_load_timeout(WEB_PAGE_LOAD_TIMEOUT)
        self.driver.get(url)
        self.driver.maximize_window()
    except Exception as e:
        exception_message = getattr(e, 'msg', str(e))
        BuiltIn().run_keyword('FAIL', f"Timeout loading Test GUI page {exception_message}")

@keyword("Navigate to Configuration")
def navigate_to_configuration_tab(self):
    return self.gui_api_obj.navigate_to_config_tab()

@keyword("Get Username")
def get_username(self):
    return self.gui_api_obj.username  # Return username

@keyword("Get Password")
def get_password(self):
    return self.gui_api_obj.password  # Return password

Login.robot

*** Settings ***
Library ../GUI_Config/gui_configuration.py

*** Test Cases ***
Verify_Login
Display
${username}= Get Username
${password}= Get Password
Log to console ${username}
Log to console ${password}

Verify_login testcase is failing, it is failing to identify the keywords
Error: Imported library ‘/home/sbc-user/testsuites/Test_Automation/GUI_Config/gui_configuration.py’ contains no keywords.
Folder structure
Project
GUI_Config

  • gui_initialization.py
  • gui_configuaration,py
    Testcases
  • Login.robot
    Can someone please help me with this.
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Hello,

Thanks for providing the detailed context. The core issue you’re facing — “Imported library contains no keywords” — is a common one when using Robot Framework with Python libraries.Your class GUI_Configuration defines methods decorated with @keyword, but Robot Framework is not detecting them, likely because:
Your class GUI_Configuration isn’t properly exposed as a Robot library, since you’re missing the required ROBOT_LIBRARY_SCOPE or proper structure.
You’re importing a .py file directly (Library ../GUI_Config/gui_configuration.py) — this requires that file to expose Robot keywords correctly.
There’s no method-level keyword registration outside the class methods that are decorated.
Some syntax issues (like fancy quotes, incorrect indentation) might also be contributing.

Best Regards