Practical Security Automation and Testing

Step 1 – define the Robot Framework steps

If you use 'Run Process' to execute NMAP, please be aware that it will require double spaces between each parameter in the command options. Otherwise, the Robot Framework will return a file not found error even if NMAP is installed. In our example, the command options are -p80 --script http-xssed nodegoat.kerokuapp.com:

*** Settings ***Library Process*** Test Cases ***Testing if the website was previously reported XSS     ${result} = Run Process nmap  -p80  --script  http-xssed  nodegoat.kerokuapp.com     Log         ${result.stdout}     Should Contain ${result.stdout} No previously reported

Robot Framework has several verification keywords built in, such as 'Should Be Equal', 'Should Start With', 'Should End With' 'Should ...