I inherited a test automation suite and while modifying it I am trying to write a function to test similar links which are present in the same web page but in different divs and the tag ids are dynamic.
I have a function defined below which accepts an HTML element and sends an action to the element
def element_do(html_element, html_element_type, html_element_value, action)
#browser.send(html_element.to_sym,html_element_type.to_sym ,html_element_value).send(action)
end
I have a method defined as somemethod and I am trying to call the method in a particular div using the some_element#{i} as below
def multiple_accounts
#num_accts.each do |i|
p "validating for account #{i}"
#page.element_do(:div,:id,"some_element#{i}",somemethod)
end
The issue I am facing is that on second iteration the action parameter is passed as null instead of the somemethod. I am new to ruby automation and I am not sure what exactly is happening. Any help is appreciated
Additional details - based on the questions
1) #num_accts is an array which is got by scanning the text of the webpage and contains account numbers (eg: [56544, 87990])
2) This forms a part of the id for the divs as in "acct#56544". So I am passing the array elements from num_accts to "acct#{i}" referred as 'some_element'
3) 'Somemethod' is a method defined to click on a particular link in the div and verifies a text to confirm that the link redirects to the correct page. The some method works fine when there is only one div.
It is not evident from the question, but my suspicion is that you try to pass the name of the method (which returns null), but instead you call the method. I think your call should be:
#page.element_do(:div,:id,"some_element#{i}",'somemethod')
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In my project I have located the text_Field via some other element(via label), something like
element.following_sibling(tag_name: 'input').send_keys 'something'
But now it's typing into the text_field without any problem but I am missing clear method of text_field as it combines both clear and type together. Now I have to call clear method on element.following_sibling(tag_name: 'input') but since it's returning element object, I couldn't do that. Is there any way I can call clear method here? Or can I pass this object by some way to the text_field() method? Any help appreciated.
I know it can be called by converting the watir element into selenium element as given below
element.following_sibling(tag_name: 'input').wd.clear
But here I am missing WATIR waiting time for an element.
This appears to be a limitation in Watir's adjacent methods:
klass = if !plural && opt[:tag_name]
Watir.element_class_for(opt[:tag_name])
elsif !plural
HTMLElement
elsif opt[:tag_name]
Object.const_get("#{Watir.element_class_for(opt[:tag_name])}Collection")
else
HTMLElementCollection
end
Notice that only the :tag_name is used for determining the element's class. For input elements, we need to also consider the type attribute so that we can the right sub-class.
We should fix this in Watir (logged as Issue 878), but in the mean time, you can manually correct the class (ie Watir::TextField) using #to_subtype:
element.following_sibling(tag_name: 'input').to_subtype.clear
I got an answer to my question now.
Here is the answer.
b.text_field(element: element.following_sibling(tag_name: 'input').wd).set 'something'
If anybody has any better idea, please write your answer.Thanks.
So let say I have an array called list that contains strings per below, when I loop through the array to send_keys each items from the array onto an online text editor element which already has focus:
list = ["First", "Second", "Third"]
for index in 0 ... list.size
line = list[index]
chain.send_keys(line).perform
if index < list.size
page.driver.browser.action.send_keys(:return).perform
end
end
The problem I'm facing is that instead of the output to look like this:
First
Second
Third
it instead looks like this:
First
First Second
First Second Third
Why is this happening ? is it because the previous actions are still in the action queue and have not cleared up ? or some other reason ? I'd appreciate if anyone can help.
When using the actions api it builds up a list of actions that are then executed by calling perform. Calling perform however doesn't reset that list, so if you call perform again it repeats the same actions. With the way you're calling it
chain.send_keys(line).perform
adds a send_keys action to chain - then performs it. Next time it adds another send_keys action to chain and then performs both actions. Solutions for that would be just create a new action chain each time rather than reusing chain or calling chain.clear_actions to clear the action chain each time through the loop.
What isn't clear though is why you're using the action API at all rather than just calling send_keys on the element you want to send the keys too
el = find(...) # find the element on the page you want to send the keys to
list.each do { |str| el.send_keys(str, :return) }
The way selenium sendkeys works is, the sendkeys commands sends the string value to the text element, It will not do any check whether is there any text present in it or not.
If you want to have the keys set newly for each time,
Please use the command chain.clear() before chain.send_keys(line).perform in the loop.
This will ensure the text in the element is cleared each time before the send_keys.
Let me know if this doesn't help you.
https://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/navigating.html#interacting-with-the-page
In this crud test I create a log entry with #notes and will try to update the log by replacing #notes with #updated_notes.
#notes = Faker::Crypto.md5
#updated_notes = Faker::Crypto.sha256
This block of code to create the log entry works. I used within and the id's of divs in the source code with inspect.
it 'User can update manpower log entry' do
# create a new entry
within '#manpower_log_div' do
find('#manpower_log_notes').send_keys(#notes)
click_button "+ Add"
expect(page.has_css?('td', #notes)).to be true
end
Here I try to click the already existing notes on the page, which lets me edit them.
# click the already existing notes to be able to edit them
within '#manpower_log_div' do
find('#inline_edit').click
end
The error received is
Capybara::ElementNotFound:
Unable to find css "#inline_edit"
Inspecting the element gives us this, but notice the id of the object is too specific: data-object_id="11747753". What element can I place in find that I can use every time I run this test?
<span textarea_cols="50" class="inline_textarea_edit inline_editable" data-object_field="notes" data-object_id="11747753" data-object_class="ManpowerLog" data-custom_callback="" id="ManpowerLog-11747753-notes" data-value_required="false">a5c3e556f108fd29b00150ca736c82d6</span>
You can find the element by any valid CSS selector that would match it. In your example you could use class or data attribute - or a combination of both.
find('span.inline_textarea_edit[data-object_field="notes"]').click()
In your code find('#inline_edit') is looking for an element with id inline_edit. As Thomas Walpole mentioned you can find your button using css selector for example by class:
find('.inline_textarea_edit')
or
find('.inline_editable')
or
find('.inline_textarea_edit.inline_editable')
Make sure that class is uniq for that element. If not, you'll need to use something else then class or something else together with class, you need to look for uniq attribute of that element.
Also make sure that your element is within element with ID manpower_log_div as you are using within '#manpower_log_div'
You can find more info about css selectors here: http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.asp
So this one has me stumped; hopefully a kind soul can help me out. As part of logic to display certain buttons for users who have performed an action, I store the id of the object they manipulated in a session array called "prayed_for". (The unique part of this problem is that it deals with sessions and not an array persisted in a database.) In the show action of my controller, I evaluate whether of not the current id of the entry being requested is present in the session array "prayed_for". I assign this boolean value to the session variable #already_prayed_for. Below is the logic for that:
#already_prayed_for = (session[:prayed_for] ||= []).include? params[:id]
But here's the problem: I cannot evaluate this in my partial. For example if I attempt to evaluate the following (in HAML), where "entry" is a variable representing the entry at hand and "id" is it's id, which should be stored in the session "prayed_for" variable, it will always evaluate to false:
-if (session[:prayed_for] ||= []).include? entry.id
I've come to the conclusion that I may be evaluating something wrong in my partial when evaluating whether or not an id is present in a session array. Additionally this same concept worked perfectly in a controller action (but I can't use that solution this time around, it has to be evaluated in the partial) but it also failed in the ApplicationHelper. Any help in resolving this problem is much appreciated!
UPDATE:
Here's the code where I set the session in another action:
if #entry.save
(session[:prayed_for] ||= []) << params[:id]
end
params[:id] may be a String, while entry.id is a Fixnum. Verify that the objects you're comparing (via include?) are of the same type.
You might want to make a helper out of the logic you're using, for example:
def already_prayed_for?(entry_id)
(session[:prayed_for] ||= []).include? entry_id.to_i
end
I'm automating a site that has a page with a list of options selected by a radio button. When selecting one of the radios, a text field and a select list are presented.
I created a file (test_contracting.rb) that is the one through which I execute the test (ruby test_contracting.rb) and some other classes to represent my page.
On my class ContractPage, I have the following element declaration:
checkbox(:option_sub_domain, :id => "option_sub_domain")
text_field(:domain, :id => "domain_text")
select_list(:tld, :id => "domain_tld")
I've created in the ContractPage a method that sets the configuration of the domain like this:
def configure_domain(config={})
check_option_sub_domain
domain = config[:domain]
tld = config[:tld]
end
When I call the method configure_domain from the test_contracting.rb, it selects the radio button, but it doesn't fill the field with the values. The params are getting into the method correctly. I've checked it using "puts". Even if I change the params to a general string like "bla" it doesnt work. The annoying point is that if on test_contracting.rb I call the exact same components, it works.
my_page_instance = ContractPage.new(browser)
my_page_instance.domain = "bla"
my_page_instance.tld = ".com"
What I found to work was to in the configure_domain method, implement the following:
domain_element.value = config[:domain]
tld_element.send_keys config[:locaweb_domain]
Then it worked.
The documentation for the PageObjects module that I'm using as reference can be found here: http://rubydoc.info/github/cheezy/page-object/master/PageObject/Accessors#select_list-instance_method
Do you guys have any explation on why the method auto generated by the pageobject to set the value of the object didnt work in this scope/context ?
By the way, a friend tried the same thing with Java and it failed as well.
In ruby all equals methods (methods that end with the = sign) need to have a receiver. Let me show you some code that will demonstrate why. Here is the code that sets a local variable to a value:
domain = "blah"
and here is the code that calls the domain= method:
domain = "blah"
In order for ruby to know that you are calling a method instead of setting a local variable you need to add a receiver. Simply change your method above to this and it will work:
def configure_domain(config={})
check_option_sub_domain
self.domain = config[:domain]
self.tld = config[:tld]
end
I'm pretty new to this world of Selenium and page objects but maybe one of my very recent discoveries might help you.
I found that that assignment methods for the select_list fields only worked for me once I started using "self" in front. This is what I have used to access it within my page object code. e.g., self.my_select_list="my select list value"
Another note - The send_keys workaround you mention is clever and might do the trick for a number of uses, but in my case the select list values are variable and may have several options starting with the same letter.
I hope something in here is useful to you.
UPDATE (Jan 3/12)
On diving further into the actual Ruby code for the page object I discovered that the select_list set is also using send_keys, so in actuality I still have the same limitation here as the one I noted using the send_keys workaround directly. sigh So much to learn, so little time!