Robot Framework: Open a chrome browser without launching URL

Question

I want to open a chrome browser in Robot framework which has no URL launched in it.

for ex :

'Open Browser | http://google.com | chrome'

will open chrome browser and launch the google page.

I want to open a chrome browser with no URL launched. I have tried the below two things,

'Open Browser | ${EMPTY} | chrome'

'Open Browser | NONE | chrome'

They above works, it opens an empty browser , but in the result the test fails. Please can somebody give an input on this

Solution 1

If you want to create a Chrome instance without any URL being passed through to it, use

Create Webdriver | Chrome

There are more options for this which can be found here. Generally, they say it is better to Open Browser, but if you must create an instance without a URL being passed through and need it to pass, use Create Webdriver.

Solution 2

You can use the url about:blank:

Open Browser | about:blank | chrome