I am using webdriver to get value using gettext() method.
HTML code is:
<label>
<input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" data-option="Tshirts"
data-filter="global_attr_article_type_facet">
Tshirts
<span class="num">(4896)</span>
</label>
from above code I need webdriver to return 4896 value.
I have tried below mentioned code.
String number=driver.findelementby(by.xpath("//span[#class='num']")).gettext();
system.out.println(number);
but it gives me blank space in return.
My best guess is that there are multiple instances of <span class="num">value</span>. Selenium will match the first instance when using findElement, and in this case, I suspect the first instance of <span class="num">value</span> is either hidden or has a blank for the text.
I think this selector may work better for you:
//input[#data-option='Tshirts']/following-sibling::span[#class='num']
Related
<div class="block wbc">
<span></span>
<span> text_value </span>
</div>
for getting text in second span where does below code go wrong?
driver.find_element(X_PATH,"*//div[#class='block']/span[1]")
For trying by yourself, maybe I write sth wrong here is link
https://soundcloud.com/daydoseofhouse/snt-whats-wrong/s-jmbaiBDyQ0d?si=233b2f843a2c4a7c8afd6b9161369717&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
And my code; still giving an error
playbackTimeline__duration =driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"*//div[#class='playbackTimeline__duration']/span[2]")
For finding web element clearly:
//*[#id="app"]/div[4]/section/div/div[3]/div[3]/div/div[3]/span[2]
But I will not use this way, I need declare with class method or CSS Selector at least
If you are sure that you always need the second span use this XPath:
*//div[#class='playbackTimeline__duration']/span[2]
If you need the first span that has actual text use this:
*//div[#class='playbackTimeline__duration']/span[normalize-space()][1]
If the #class has more than only playbackTimeline__duration in it you can use:
*//div[contains(#class,'playbackTimeline__duration')]/span[2]
If there are more div's like that use:
*//div[contains(#class,'playbackTimeline__duration')][1]/span[2]
In my case, there are some legacy web sites, in which not all the inputs have
id attribute properly set. Such as this:
<div class="form-group">
<label>Amount</label>
<input id="unreasonablename" type="text" value=""></input>
</div>
But human testers can still test it by typing amount value in the input right behind "Amount". I'd like to make web driver do the same thing:
webDriver.inputAfter("Amount", 100); //I do not want to use "unreasonablename" to find the input.
But how can I find the input element after the text "Amount"? Thanks.
There is a relative question here: In Selenium Webdriver, how to get a text after an element?. But I'm not familiar with xpath and do not know if my case can be solved in the same way.
To find the <input> element just after the text Amount you can use the findElement() method along with the Locator Strategy as follows :
webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[contains(.,'Amount')]//following::input[1]"));
you can try following_sibling as
webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[text()='Amount']/following-sibling::Input"));
try this :
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text()='Amount']/following-sibling::input")).sendKeys("amount to be sent");
you can write some generic method like below. It can be used for all the required fileds by passing the label name and input value as argument
void enterInputAfterLabel(String labelname,String value){
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text()='"+labelname+"']]/input")).sendKeys(value);
}
I would like to use an absolute xpath to fill in a search bar. The ids and classes are dynamically generated and there is no name variable or instance. So it feels like I'm stuck without a tool to fill in boxes without the named variable.
Is there a way around this? Can I somehow change the absolute xpath to look like its a name assignment and then query and fill based on the new 'type' I assigned the absolute xpath?
Is there a method for this in Selenium if not available in Splinter?
I've select by CSS and I'm finding this error 'selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidElementStateException: Message: Element is not currently interactable and may not be manipulated'
Edit:
<div class="type-ahead-input-container" role="search">
<div class="type-ahead-input-wrapper">
<div class="type-ahead-input">
<label class="visually-hidden" for="a11y-ember10393">
Search
</label>
<!---->
<input id="a11y-ember10393" class="ember-text-field ember-view" aria-
autocomplete="list" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false"
placeholder="Search" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" role="combobox"
aria-expanded="true" aria-owns="ember11064" data-artdeco-is-focused="true"/>
<div class="type-ahead-input-icons">
<!---->
</div>
</div>
<!---->
</div>
</div>
As you have asked Is there a method for this in Selenium, the Answer is Yes.
Selenium supports Sikuli. Sikuli automates anything you see on the screen. It uses image recognition to identify and control GUI components. It is useful when there is no easy access to a GUI's internal or source code.
You can find more about Sikuli here.
Let me know if this answers your question.
When you get an error-message like that, it could be that your search result is not what you expected. It could be that you are getting more than one result, ie a list. On a list you can not input.
You can find the input boxes with an xpath, select the prefered one from the list (by trying) and put a text in it with the WebDriverElement _set_value method. That is not appropriate because of the _, but it is usefull.
input_list = browser.find_by_xpath('//div[#class="type-ahead-input"]/input[#class="ember-textfield ember-view"]')
input_list[1]._set_value('just a text to see whether it is working')
<ul id="name" class="abc">
<li class="def">
<a class="ghi">
<i style="background-color: transparent;">Welcome {{username}} </i>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
Selenium IDE:
storeText //ul[#id="name"]/li/a/i a
echo ${a}
The text "Welcome {{username}}" is displayed correctly.
However, in Selenium WebDriver, I am not able to get the text.
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//ul[#id='name']/li/a/i")).getText();
The above line of code returns an empty value.
Just identify your element and simply use getAttribute("value");. Store it in a string variable and print that variable.
Code:
WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//input[#id='password_2']"));
String str = element.getAttribute("value");
System.out.println("value:" + str);
It worked for me
getAttribute("value").
Always try to pass the value attribute.
First of all, you need to get the text using any locators (here I am using XPath) and set it as a string for later use. The code below will store the text contained within the XPath.
String nameOfStringGoesHere;
nameOfStringGoesHere=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//ul[#id="name"]/li/a/i ")).getText();`
To assert against the stored text later on in your script:
Assert.assertTrue("What you want your error message to appear as...!", nameOfStringGoesHere.contains("What you want to assert"));
In this example, it will get the text stored within the XPath expression, and check to see if the value is "What you want to assert", if it isn't, then it will throw the error message of "What you want your error message to appear as...!"
I have had exactly the same symptom in different, but similar use cases. To me, the way proposed in the question is the correct one. But indeed it returns an empty string when using the Google Chrome webdriver and the correct result with the gecko webdriver. It seems more like a bug in the Chrome webdriver(?).
(My versions: Chrome driver: 2.42. Gecko driver: 0.21)
I am driving myself bonkers with this.
I have three form fields in a form:
Customer: required dropdown field
Weight: required text field
Status: optional text field
Each element has that label. The required fields' labels contain a span with an asterisk.
I'm using Xpather in Chrome. When I search for this, I receive 2 results, when I should get 3:
//*[contains(text(),'t')]
This makes no sense to me At All.
Customer, which is working:
<label for='customer-field'>
<span class='required-marker'>*</span>
Customer
<input id='customer-field' type='text' />
</label>
Weight, which is not working:
<label class='control-label'>
<span id='ctl01_requiredMarker' class='required-marker'>*</span>
Weight
</label>
Status, which is working:
<label class='control-label'>
Status
</label>
The only workaround that works for me is removing the required marker from the Weight label container. However, that doesn't explain how "Customer" gets matched at all.
Noteworthy: I'm trying to automate testing this page, so I can't really remove that span tag.
What's going on? And/or what do I do?
Try changing your XPath to the following:
//*[text()[contains(.,'t')]]
The source of this fix breaks it down far better than I could've done, so refer to that for detailed explanation! I've tested it myself using the XPath Checker extension for Firefox, and it matches your three items.
Try with the below method
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[#class='required-marker']/..")).getText().contains("Weight")
Please Let me know above method is working or not.
I think your html is where the issue lies.
This is probably what your html should look like:
<span class='required-marker'>*
<label for='customer-field'>Customer</label>
<input id='customer-field' type='text' />
</span>
<span id='ctl01_requiredMarker' class='required-marker'>*
<label class='control-label'>Weight</label>
</span>
<label class='control-label'>Status</label>
Are you using Selenium or WebDriver? What does WebDriver return as a response? Also make sure you add a "." before the xpath like .//*[contains(text(),'t')]
What does this print?
List<WebElement> elements = driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[contains(text(),'t')]"));
s.o.p(elements.size());