title: Is it possible to write Robot Framework tests (not keywords) in Python?
body: <p>Is it possible to write Robot Framework tests in Python instead of the <code>.txt</code> format?</p>
  
  <p>Behind the scenes it looks like the <code>.txt</code> test get converted into Python by <code>pybot</code> so I'm hoping that this is simply a matter of importing the right library and inheriting from the right class but I haven't been able to figure out how to do that.</p>
  
  <p>(We already have a bunch of suites and have keywords written in both formats but sometimes the RF syntax makes it very difficult to do things that are simple in Python. I understand it would be possible to just write a Python keyword for each test plus 'wrap' setup and teardown functions the same way, but that seems cumbersome.)</p>