'Robot Framework: Error running test (Parsing _____.robot failed: Data source not found)

I just setup Robot Framework yesterday. I went to youtube to see some videos on how to set up and I found one that was just uploaded last month. I follow all the steps and I numbered it below.

  1. Installed Python 2.27 and added it on Environmental Variables
  2. Installed RobotFramework (3.0.2) using pip install robotframework (CMD run as Administrator)
  3. Installed Selenium 2 Library using pip install robotframework-selenium2library
  4. Downloaded the browser drivers (chromeDriver, GeckoDriver and IE Driver) and added on Environmental Variables
  5. Downloaded the RobotFramework Database-Libary ZIP here -> http://franz-see.github.io/Robotframework-Database-Library/, then extracted the downloaded zip file
  6. In CMD, I entered python setup.py install (SUCCESS)
  7. Next, I installed the database APIs through pip install py mssql (SUCCESS)
  8. Then, I downloaded PyCharm Community 2016.3
  9. Installed IntelliBot plugin on PyCharm

I have created a project FirstProject. Under it I created a directory testsuite. In testsuite, I crearted my testcase1.robot and copy pasted some sample robot framework test on the editor and run it using command pybot testcase1.robot

However, I encountered an error saying:

[ERROR] Parsing 'testcase1.robot' failed: Data source does not exist.

Here's my code. It'll simply open Facebook through Chrome browser

*** Settings ***

Documentation  This is my first robot framework test script

Library Selenium2Library

*** Variables ***


*** Test Cases ***

open browser  http://www.facebook.com  chrome
close browser

*** Keywords ***

Regardless of my code, did I miss something on my configuration? If not, what's wrong with the code? If fixed, will that make my test run? Any feedback is well appreciated. Thank you!

python-2.7pycharmrobotframework


Solution 1:[1]

From the description I can't assess if your installation is correct or not. For now I'm assuming it is, and it's just your code that causes you some issues. When using a library, it has to be initialised. For every library there is good documentation available, for Selenium2Library it can be found here

The below example is the smallest browser example: 

*** Settings ***
Library    Selenium2Library

*** Test Cases ***
Hello World Test Case
    open browser  http://www.facebook.com  chrome
    close browser

Solution 2:[2]

"Data source does not exist" simply means you've given it the path to a file that doesn't exist. It has nothing to do with the installation, and nothing to do with the contents of your robot files.

You can replicate this quite easily:

$ robot /this/file/does/not/exist
[ ERROR ] Parsing '/this/file/does/not/exist' failed: Data source does not exist.

Try --help for usage information.

Solution 3:[3]

I agree with Bryan, it has something to do with your path to a file.

Make sure to go the

file name >right click > choose "Copy Relative Path" then copypaste to the terminal.

If this doesn't work, please do investigate more on your file path.

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Solution Source
Solution 1 A. Kootstra
Solution 2 Bryan Oakley
Solution 3 Irah Sitchon

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