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+*** Settings ***
+Documentation	  The main interface for interacting with Portal. It handles low level stuff like managing the http request library and Portal required fields
+Library	          RequestsClientCert
+Library 	      RequestsLibrary
+Library	          UUID      
+
+Resource          global_properties.robot
+
+*** Variables ***
+${PORTAL_HEALTH_CHECK_PATH}        /ECOMPPORTAL/portalApi/healthCheck
+
+*** Keywords ***
+Run Portal Health Check
+     [Documentation]    Runs Portal Health check
+     ${resp}=    Run Portal Get Request    ${PORTAL_HEALTH_CHECK_PATH}    
+     Should Be Equal As Strings 	${resp.status_code} 	200
+     Should Be Equal As Strings 	${resp.json()['statusCode']} 	200
+         
+Run Portal Get Request
+     [Documentation]    Runs Portal Get request
+     [Arguments]    ${data_path}
+     ${session}=    Create Session 	portal	${GLOBAL_PORTAL_SERVER}
+     ${uuid}=    Generate UUID
+     ${headers}=  Create Dictionary     Accept=application/json    Content-Type=application/json    X-TransactionId=${GLOBAL_APPLICATION_ID}-${uuid}    X-FromAppId=${GLOBAL_APPLICATION_ID}
+     ${resp}= 	Get Request 	portal 	${data_path}     headers=${headers}
+     Log    Received response from portal ${resp.text}
+     [Return]    ${resp}
+