Robocop API

robocop package can be imported and used directly in Python code. You need to create instance of Config class that will contain your configuration:

example.py
import robocop

config = robocop.Config()
config.include = {'1003'}
config.paths = ['tests\\atest\\rules\\section-out-of-order']

Config can also load configuration automatically from .robocop file if it exists in the project root:

example.py
import robocop

config = robocop.Config(root='C:\your_project\')

created Config is used to initiate Robocop class:

robocop_runner = robocop.Robocop(config=config)

It is recommended to reload configuration before running the checks (it should register rules and reports based on your configuration):

robocop_runner.reload_config()

Scan files supplied in configuration

To scan all files provided in Config invoke:

robocop_runner.run()

run() method by default returns issues in JSON format.

Scan existing robot AST model

If you have AST model loaded before, you can use robocop to scan it:

# source is in-memory content of the file - if it is None,
# Robocop will load content using filename path instead
issues = robocop_runner.run_check(ast_model, filename, source)

run_check returns issues in Message format (internal Robocop type). You can find or add your own type converters to robocop.utils. Currently, there is a converter between Message and LSP diagnostic format:

from robocop.utils import issues_to_lsp_diagnostic

issues = issues_to_lsp_diagnostic(issues)