robocorp-workitems
Robocorp Work Items library
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. Active maintenance, low install friction, permissive license, no known vulnerabilities, and tight integration with Robocorp's automation platform make this a solid choice for building multi-step robotic processes. Install if you are building workflows in Robocorp Control Room or developing robots that need to consume and produce queued work items.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later; designed to run within Robocorp Control Room or local development environment with work item context.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel.
- Actively maintained with recent releases and a stable dependency set including robocorp-tasks, requests, and tenacity for retry logic.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in commercial and open-source projects with minimal restrictions; attribution required.
last release 2026-03-13 (154 days) · last repo commit 2026-07-24 · 646 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 328,990 downloads/mo, #7,549 on PyPI
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pip install robocorp-workitems
from robocorp import workitems
from robocorp.tasks import task
@task
def handle_item():
item = workitems.inputs.current
print("Received payload:", item.payload)
workitems.outputs.create(payload={"key": "value"})- Whether local development mode fully replicates Control Room work item behavior without a running instance.
- Performance characteristics when handling large numbers of work items or large file attachments.
- Retry and error-handling semantics when work item operations fail mid-process.
What it is and what it does
robocorp-workitems is a library for managing data that flows through multi-step robotic processes in Robocorp Control Room. It provides two main interfaces—`inputs` for reading work items from a queue and `outputs` for creating new work items—allowing robots to consume data from one step and produce data for the next. Each work item contains a JSON payload (key-value pairs) and can optionally include files stored within Control Room.
The library is designed to integrate with robocorp-tasks for task decoration and uses requests and tenacity for HTTP communication and retry logic. It supports iterating over all available input items or accessing the current item, and allows modification of inputs and exception-based flow control. Local development is supported, and the library handles file attachment management transparently.
Use it for
- Read input work items from Control Room queue, process data, and create output items for downstream steps in a multi-step automation.
- Iterate over batches of work items to perform bulk operations such as data transformation or validation across a queue.
- Attach files to output work items for downstream tasks to consume, such as generated reports or processed data files.
- Implement error handling and flow control by reserving, modifying, or releasing work items based on task outcomes.
- Develop and test robotic processes locally using work item APIs before deploying to Control Room.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
Active maintenance, low install friction, permissive license, no known vulnerabilities, and tight integration with Robocorp's automation platform make this a solid choice for building multi-step robotic processes. Install if you are building workflows in Robocorp Control Room or developing robots that need to consume and produce queued work items.
Install
robocorp-workitems on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel. Actively maintained with recent releases and a stable dependency set including robocorp-tasks, requests, and tenacity for retry logic.
Requires Python 3.10 or later; designed to run within Robocorp Control Room or local development environment with work item context.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows use in commercial and open-source projects with minimal restrictions; attribution required.
Quickstart
pip install robocorp-workitems
from robocorp import workitems
from robocorp.tasks import task
@task
def handle_item():
item = workitems.inputs.current
print("Received payload:", item.payload)
workitems.outputs.create(payload={"key": "value"})Verify before relying
- Whether local development mode fully replicates Control Room work item behavior without a running instance.
- Performance characteristics when handling large numbers of work items or large file attachments.
- Retry and error-handling semantics when work item operations fail mid-process.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4.0,>=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 5 packagesdataclasses-jsonpython-dateutilrequestsrobocorp-taskstenacity |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 154 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 328,990 / month, #7,549 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14 |
Evidence: robocorp_workitems-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
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