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id: pyats-robot
version: "26.7"
license: Apache 2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
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# pyats.robot — pyATS Robot: Robot Module

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 196.0K/mo

## What it is and what it does

pyats.robot is a bridge component that lets RobotFramework users leverage the pyATS testing ecosystem. pyATS itself is an end-to-end testing platform built at Cisco for data-driven, reusable test development that scales from simple linear cases to complex asynchronous suites. This Robot sub-component specifically enables RobotFramework scripts to interact with pyATS infrastructure—its test execution engine (pyats.aetest) and connection management (pyats.connections)—without having to write pyATS code directly.

The package is actively maintained, supports current Python versions (3.8 through 3.13), and carries no known security vulnerabilities. It installs with low friction as a pure wheel and depends on robotframework plus two other pyATS modules. The Apache 2.0 license permits commercial use. The main constraint is platform support: Linux and macOS only.

Use it for:

- Write RobotFramework test suites that interact with network devices or systems via pyATS connection management.
- Build data-driven test cases in RobotFramework that leverage pyATS's test execution and reporting framework.
- Integrate RobotFramework automation into a larger pyATS-based testing infrastructure at an organization.
- Combine RobotFramework's keyword-driven syntax with pyATS's asynchronous test capabilities for complex test scenarios.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Integrates pyATS testing capabilities with RobotFramework, enabling RobotFramework to interact with pyATS test infrastructure for data-driven and reusable automated testing.

Yes, if you are already using RobotFramework and need to integrate with pyATS infrastructure, or if you want RobotFramework's keyword-driven syntax for pyATS-based testing. The package is actively maintained, permissively licensed, and has no security issues. Install only on Linux or macOS; Windows is not supported. Verify compatibility with your specific RobotFramework and pyATS versions before committing to production use.

## Install

pip install pyats-robot
uv add pyats-robot
poetry add pyats-robot

## Installing pyats.robot

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained with a release within the past week. Requires three runtime dependencies: robotframework, pyats.aetest, and pyats.connections.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache 2.0 (permissive), allowing use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install pyats.robot

from pyats.robot import *
import robot

Requires Python 3.8 or later; Linux and macOS only (Windows not supported per description).

Verify before relying:

- Specific RobotFramework version compatibility constraints beyond what the fact sheet states.
- Whether the package works with modern Windows Python environments despite the stated limitation.
- Concrete examples of test scenarios the Robot integration enables beyond generic pyATS capabilities.

## Package facts

- License: Apache 2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 196.0K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

robotframework pyats integration, robot framework testing automation, pyats robot component, data-driven test framework, network device testing robot, agile test automation framework, robotframework, network-testing, test-automation

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