Windows desktop application robot
This software robot opens the Spotify desktop application, searches for the given song, and plays the song. The robot demonstrates the basic Windows-automation capabilities of the RPA Framework, using keyboard navigation.
This robot currently works only on Windows. You need to have the Spotify Premium desktop application (Windows) installed on your machine. The robot expects the user to be already logged in when it launches the application.
Robot script
*** Settings ***
Documentation Spotify Windows desktop application robot. Opens the Spotify
... desktop application, searches for the given song, and plays
... the song. Demonstrates the basic Windows automation
... capabilities of the RPA Framework.
Library RPA.Windows
*** Variables ***
${SONG_NAME}= Monody
*** Tasks ***
Open Spotify desktop application and play a song
Open the Spotify desktop application
Search for the song
Select the song
Play the song
*** Keywords ***
Open the Spotify desktop application
Windows Search Spotify
Sleep 3s
Search for the song
Send Keys keys={CTRL}l
Send Keys keys=${SONG_NAME}
Sleep 3s
Select the song
Send Keys keys={ENTER}{TAB}{ENTER}
Sleep 3s
Play the song
Send Keys keys={ENTER}
Robot script explained
This section explains some of the keywords used in this robot script.
Windows Search Spotify
The Windows Search keyword is provided by the RPA.Windows library. The keyword opens the application using the Windows search dialog.
Send Keys keys={CTRL}l
The Send Keys keyword sends given keys to Windows. The {CTRL}l means Ctrl+L on Windows. See RPA.Windows documentation for the available key codes.