Use python requests with cookies synced with RF SeleniumLibrary

request_with_se_cookies.py

from requests import request

from robot.api.deco import keyword
from robot.libraries.BuiltIn import BuiltIn

@keyword
def send_http_request(method, url, return_value='json', **kwargs):
    '''Send requests with cookies synced with RF SeleniumLibrary

    Wrapper for requests.request to send requests with current cookies from Robot Framework SeleniumLibrary. Keyword also updates cookies from response to the SeleniumLibrary.

    Args:
        method: Passed through to the requests.request function.
        url: Passed through to the requests.request function.
        return_value: Defines the return value type: 'json', 'utf-8', or anything else to get content as bytes. 'json' by default.
        kwargs: Passed through to the requests.request function.

    Returns:
        Response content as dict, str, or bytes depending on return_value parameter value.

    Raises:
        HTTPError: On non-ok response status code
    '''
    cookies = BuiltIn().run_keyword('Get Cookies', 'True')
    response = request(method, url, cookies=cookies, **kwargs)

    response.raise_for_status()

    for c in response.cookies:
        BuiltIn().run_keyword(
            'Add Cookies',
            c.name,
            c.value,
            c.path,
            c.domain,
            c.secure,
            c.expires,
        )

    if return_value == 'json':
        return response.json()
    elif return_value == 'utf-8':
        return response.content.decode('utf-8')

    return response.content