Robot Framework :- Cannot Open Chrome from Existing Chrome Profile

Question

I am trying to Learn Robot Framework. I have already worked on Selenium Webdriver. I was trying to open the Chrome Browser from an Exiting Profile using Create Webdriver Keyword. However i am not able to do . It Seems that Robot Framework Opens a new Chrome Profile Everytime. Here is the Code that i got after goggling, but this is not opening Chrome from the User data folder that i prefer. Any Suggestions or Ideas this can be achieved.

 Open Chrome Using Create WebDriver Keyword [Tags] chrome ${options}= Evaluate sys.modules['selenium.webdriver'].ChromeOptions() sys, selenium.webdriver ${options.add_argument}= Set Variable --allow-running-insecure-content ${options.add_argument}= Set Variable --disable-web-security ${options.add_argument}= Set Variable user-data-dir = /Users/myName/AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data Create WebDriver Chrome chrome_options=${options} go to {URL} 

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Answer 1

To add arguments, call the add_argument method of the ChromeOptions object. Note that you need to escape the '=' in the --user-data-dir argument or Robot Framework will look for an argument called '--user-data-dir' and fail. When testing this I noticed that a profile will be created in the location specified if it does not exist.

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