Debugging robot framework python keyword libraries

Question

For learning purposes I want to follow the execution path in a robot framework python library. Actually the ssh library

What is the best way to do this?

I have

Answer 1

You can use pdb with robot. How to do so is documented in the robot framework user guide, in the section titled Using the python debugger (pdb).

The example it gives is to add this where you want to set a breakpoint:

import sys, pdb; pdb.Pdb(stdout=sys.__stdout__).set_trace()