how to verify the syntax of Robot framework code - robotframework

I have robot framework written in Linux OS. I often get syntax issue in my ROBOT FRAMEWORK code.
Do we have any online compiler or in python to trace where the syntax error is occurring(Which line)?

You can use the --dryrun command line argument to check test data validity and syntax.
From the user guide which I strongly suggest to browse in general.
Robot Framework supports so called dry run mode where the tests are run normally otherwise, but the keywords coming from the test libraries are not executed at all. The dry run mode can be used to validate the test data; if the dry run passes, the data should be syntactically correct. This mode is triggered using option --dryrun.
The dry run execution may fail for following reasons:
Using keywords that are not found.
Using keywords with wrong number of arguments.
Using user keywords that have invalid syntax.

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Roboframework exit on success of a specific test

I am looking for a way to make robotframework exits the execution of a test suite if a specific test passes. It is the exact contrary of what --exitonfailuredoes so I want to know if there is a way to do this with robot framework.
Up to and including robot framework 3.1 there is no good way to skip tests once a test run has started, except to call [Fatal Error][1]. Being able to skip tests has been a feature that people have wanted for many years now.
At the time that I write this, it does not appear that this feature will be added in version 3.2.

How to stop Robot Framework suite execution on console error?

Robot framework may show some errors to the console if e.g. it cannot find some file at some path. This is not test or suite related failures. This error just loggs to the console, but Robot Framework continues to execute suites and test after this kind of error. So my question is: how can I change this default behavior and tell Robot Framework to stop execution if it finds this kind of errors?
Maybe it can be some command line option or special tag. I searched in docs here https://robotframework.org/robotframework/latest/RobotFrameworkUserGuide.html#errors-and-warnings and did not find any info about that. Am I missing something?
Example of such error:
[ ERROR ] Error in file 'D:\Projects\project\suites\02__app\05__d\editing.robot': Resource file '..\..\..\resources\keywords\attribute.resource' does not exist.
Suites.App.d.Editing
I believe the option --exitonerror is the command line option you are looking for.

Is there a way to monitor test log for error string using robot framework?

I am a newbie to robot framework, I just wanted to know if i can monitor my application log for a certain keyword i.e. FAIL, If i find the message i stop test and report failure.
It seems to me that the standard keyword Grep File might be appropriate. In the built in Operating System Library documentation you can find more details. In this SO Answer an example is given.

After importing failed test results build status is succeed in TeamBuild

Using VSTS (formerly know as VSO), I'm importing test results from a 3rd party testing tool.
This is working fine, however when the imported results have a failure in them, i would expect the build to fail, however it doesn't. As seen below.
Any advice? this seems like a bug.
The vNext build pass/fail base on the execution status of each steps in the build definition. It does not check the published test result. You can submit a feature request on VSTS User Voice.

Regression Testing with Rational Robot

My initial tests have shown that Robot won't work without an active, visible desktop. For example, while a scheduled task (or executed command from the continuous integration server) may be able to start robot as a command-line process, Robot will actually fail to execute the recorded script.
Logging into the build machine to allow it an "active desktop" is not an acceptable solution.
Am I missing something? Is it possible to run a pre-recorded Rational Robot script on a continuous integration server in a manner that doesn't require the machine to be physically logged into?
Unfortunately, Robot does require that you are logged on to the machine and that the desktop is not locked.
So, no, you are not missing something.
Depending on your situation, though, you may be able to work around the issue. Can you clarify what type of application you are trying to test? If it is a web app, or a client app that is easily installed/copied, you might be able to have Robot run on a vmware image, rather than directly on the build server itself.
You can run Rational Robot from the command line, so you should be able to set up a scheduled task to run a .BAT file to do this for you. The command is something like:
[path to Rational Robot]\rtrobo [script file] /user "user name" /project [project file] /play /build "build name" /nolog /close
The Robot documentation will have other arguments you can pass in, depending on your situation.
If a simple scheduled task doesn't work, then you can try setting up a STAF (http://staf.sourceforge.net/index.php) environment and create a job to run this.
Good luck :)

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