Can Selenium web driver have access to javascript global variables?

Question

Hi: I'm writing tests for django with javascript and I was wondering if the Selenium webdriver can access a javascript global variable. mypage has a script that has a global variable I'd like to access. Is it possible? Thanks!

from django.test import LiveServerTestCase
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.webdriver import WebDriver

class TestEditorSelenium(LiveServerTestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = WebDriver()

    def test_mytest(self):
        self.driver.get('%s%s' % (self.live_server_url, '/mypage/'))

Scott · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-04 19:56:23Z

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Yes, you should be able to that with code similar to the below:

browser.execute_script("return globalVar;")

answered May 4, 2012 at 19:56

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dave Over a year ago

print self.driver.execute_script("return globalVar;") worked...thanks!

Diana Suvorova Over a year ago

Interesting.. I can get an expected value execute_script("return window.name;") or execute_script("return window.location;") but not for execute_script("return window;") The last one returns an empty array for me....

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