Robotframework How to uploadfile to the website with RIDE

Question

This is my code

*** Settings ***
Library           Selenium2Library

*** Variables ***
${Login}          xpath=/html/body/app/main/login/div/div[1]/div/form/div[3]/div/button

*** Test Cases ***
Test
    OPEN
    LOGIN
    Sleep    5s
    ADD TOPIC
    Sleep    2s
    SelectType
    TypePDF
    Sleep    5s
    AddFile

*** Keywords ***
OPEN
    Open Browser    https://********** \ \ \    googlechrome

LOGIN

Input Text    id=inputEmail3    ********

Input Text    id=inputPassword3  *******

 Click Element    xpath=/html/body/app/main/login/div/div[1]/div/form/div[3]/div/button

ADD TOPIC
    Click Element    xpath=/html/body/app/main/pages/div/div/news/div/news-list/button

SelectType
    Click Element    id=selectType

TypePDF
    Click Element    xpath=//*[@id="selectType"]/option[5]

AddFile
    Click Button    xpath=/html/body/app/main/pages/div/div/news/div/news-add/ba-card/div/div[2]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/ba-file-uploader/div/span/button
    Sleep    2s
    Choose File    <input type="file" id="myFile">    C:{/}User${/}pr.com${/}Download${/}base.png

Addpicture

Choose File    //input[@type='file']    C:\Users\pr.com\Downloads\b.jpg

This is the result

Test
| FAIL |
File 'C:{/}User\pr.com\Download\base.png' does not exist on the local file system

I use:

Python version 2.7.14
Robotframework ride  1.5.2.1

Answer 1

For chrome below code should work

Choose File    //input[@type='file']    C:/Users/pr.com/Downloads/b.jpg

Let me know if you still get issue

Answer 2

From the document

http://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/libraries/OperatingSystem.html

Because Robot Framework uses the backslash ('\') as an escape character in the test data, using a literal backslash requires duplicating it like in r'c:\path\file.txt. '

So use "\" double slash when u r providing path to file

if it still does not work , then check if the path you provide exists or not

*** Settings ***
Library    Selenium2Library
Library    OperatingSystem

*** Test Cases ***
Test
    Open Browser and login
*** Keywords ***
Open Browser and login
    File Should Exist    C:\\Users\\pr.com\\Downloads\\b.jpg