Question

I am on a Windows 7 64bit machine, using Python 2.7 and I am trying to use the python database library in robotframework. I have previously used a java library file but now I want to use the python library.

I have gone to github and downloaded version 0.6.

I have also installed a setup file and MySQL-python from here

However when I try to install the database library (using python setup.py build) I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 25, in <module>
    from DatabaseLibrary import __version__
  File "src\DatabaseLibrary\__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
    from connection_manager import ConnectionManager
  File "src\DatabaseLibrary\connection_manager.py", line 16, in <module>
    from robot.api import logger
ImportError: No module named api

Why do I not have robot.api and how do I get it and install it? Or is there an easier way to install the python database library?

Answer 1

It seems that the Database library uses Robot Framework internals, but does not list Robot Framework as it’s dependency. The robot.api package was introduced in RF 2.6, so upgrading/installing the latest Robot Framework (from project pages) should resolve your issue