How to read javascript variable using Selenium?

Question

I'm learning to read javascript variable using Selenium WebDriver (latest version). Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Below is my try on whoscored.com and it keeps showing error

using (IWebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver())
{               
    driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/81/Tournaments/3/Germany-Bundesliga");
    var wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
    var tournament = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementExists(By.Id("tournament-fixture-wrapper")));             
    IJavaScriptExecutor js = driver as IJavaScriptExecutor;                
    var obj = (object)js.ExecuteScript("return window.allRegions;"); //always return error 'Additional information: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Int64' to type 'System.String'.    
}

And, what is the JavaScript you want read? Can you provide that? — Saifur
– Saifur, Commented Mar 15, 2015 at 16:49
it's in the link whoscored.com/Regions/81/Tournaments/3/Germany-Bundesliga var allRegions = [{type:1, id:248, flg:'flg-caf', name: 'Africa', tournaments: [{id:290, url:'/Regions/248/Tournaments/290/Africa-CAF-Champions-League', name:'CAF Champions League'},{id:573, url:'/Regions/248/Tournaments/573/Africa-', name:''},... sorry it's too long to paste here — nam vo
– nam vo, Commented Mar 15, 2015 at 16:57

4imble · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-01 09:53:55Z

3

I think you should change

var obj = (object)js.ExecuteScript("return window.allRegions;");

to

List<object> list = js.ExecuteScript("return window.allRegions;") as List<object>;

since, return window.allRegions; does not return a string but array of objects.

Edit

Just went through the page and looks like window.allRegions returns a List of json objects. And, does feel like creating a list of json object can be unwanted overwhelming of programming. I suggest you to narrow down the goal either with modifying the javascript or performing some filtering like following.

var wait = new WebDriverWait(_driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30));
var tournament = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.ElementExists(By.Id("tournament-fixture-wrapper")));
IJavaScriptExecutor js = _driver as IJavaScriptExecutor;

//getting count of regions
long count = (long)js.ExecuteScript("return window.allRegions.length;");

for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
    //grab the name of countries if that's what you wanted
    string name = js.ExecuteScript("return window.allRegions[" + i + "].name;") as string;

    Console.WriteLine(name);
}

Print:

Africa
Albania
Algeria
...
Zambia
Zimbabwe

edited Sep 1, 2016 at 9:53

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answered Mar 15, 2015 at 17:04

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3 Comments

Saifur Over a year ago

OK. But, what are trying to accomplish here?

nam vo Over a year ago

thanks for your help. sry, i fell asleep last night :)

Saifur Over a year ago

@namvo that's ok😬 hope this helped

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