[SOLVED] Passing named arguments to test template in Robot framework

Passing named arguments to test template in Robot framework

I am using the following code in Robot framework in Python

*** Settings ***
Library    SeleniumLibrary

Test Template    Create New Guest of Specified Type

*** Test Cases ***
Verify creation of new guest of type Today
    guest_details = &{TodayGuestDetails}    schedule_type = Today    guest_type = Visitor
    
*** Keywords ***
Create New Guest of Specified Type
    [Arguments]    ${guest_details}=guest_details    ${schedule_type}=schedule_type    ${guest_type}=guest_type
    Fill Guest Details    ${guest_details}
    
*** Variables ***
&{TodayGuestDetails}    firstname=Test    lastname=Guest    email=guest@mail.com

What is wrong with the above code? I am getting error Resolving variable '${guest_details = {'firstname': 'Test', 'lastname': 'Guest', 'email': 'guest@mail.com'}}' failed: Variable '${guest_details }' not found.

Solution

The guest_details were getting stored inside a dictionary, so I had to do this

*** Test Cases ***
Verify creation of new guest of type Today
    schedule_type = Today    guest_type = Visitor   guest_details = &{TodayGuestDetails}    
    
*** Keywords ***
Create New Guest of Specified Type
    [Arguments]    ${schedule_type}    ${guest_type}    &{dict}
    Set Suite Variable    ${guest_details}    ${dict["guest_details"]}
    Fill Guest Details    ${guest_details}