robotframework-selenium2library

What it is and what it does

Selenium2Library is a Robot Framework library that provides keywords for automating web browser interactions via Selenium. Starting from version 3.0, it is a wrapper around SeleniumLibrary and contains the same functionality; it exists mainly to ease migration from the older Selenium2Library 1.8 architecture to the newer SeleniumLibrary codebase.

The package is now abandoned and has not been updated since 2020. The description explicitly recommends that existing users migrate to SeleniumLibrary directly, as Selenium2Library 3.0 is just a thin compatibility layer. For new projects, SeleniumLibrary should be used instead; this package is primarily useful only for maintaining legacy test suites that still reference Selenium2Library imports.

Use it for:

• Maintaining or running legacy Robot Framework test suites that were written against Selenium2Library before the migration to SeleniumLibrary.
• Temporary bridge during migration from Selenium2Library 1.8 to the newer SeleniumLibrary architecture.
• Automated web UI testing in Robot Framework when Selenium WebDriver integration is needed for browser control.

Worth the install?

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A Robot Framework library that wraps Selenium for web browser automation and testing; as of version 3.0, it is a compatibility shim that delegates to SeleniumLibrary.

No, unless you are maintaining a legacy test suite that explicitly requires Selenium2Library. The package is abandoned (last update 2020-10-29) and is explicitly a migration shim; new projects should install SeleniumLibrary directly. For existing codebases, the description recommends migrating away from this package rather than continuing to use it.

Install

robotframework-selenium2library on PyPI

pip install robotframework-selenium2library

uv add robotframework-selenium2library

poetry add robotframework-selenium2library

Installing robotframework-selenium2library

Before you install

Low install friction, but the package is abandoned as of 2020-10-29 and exists primarily as a migration bridge. Version 3.0 is a thin wrapper around robotframework-seleniumlibrary; users should migrate to SeleniumLibrary directly rather than rely on this deprecated package.

License in practice

Licensed under Apache License 2.0 (permissive), so there are no restrictions on commercial or proprietary use, modification, or redistribution.

Quickstart

pip install robotframework-selenium2library

In a Robot Framework test file:
*** Settings ***
Library    Selenium2Library

*** Test Cases ***
Open Browser    https://example.com    chrome

Requires Robot Framework and Selenium WebDriver to be installed; also requires a compatible web browser and corresponding WebDriver binary (e.g., chromedriver for Chrome).

Verify before relying

• Whether the package still works reliably with modern versions of Selenium and Robot Framework given its abandoned status since 2020.
• Compatibility with current Python versions beyond the stated support for Python 2.7 and 3.3+.

Package facts

Evidence: robotframework_selenium2library-3.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: robotframework, testing, testautomation, selenium, webdriver, web

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