Selenium + Java = Assertion error

Question

I already have this kind of error, and I still don't know why. What am I doing wrong?

I need to assert true if I get a text in the page source.

So here is my method:

public boolean AssertSearch() {                 
    return driver.getPageSource().contains("Item found");               
}

And here is my assert:

assertTrue(buscarnok.validabuscaNOK());

And I keep receiving the message "Assertion Error". I don't know why. If I change the "return driver.getPageSource().contains("Item found");"to driver.findelement(by.id("someID")).isdisplayed();it works fine, so why isn't it working with getpagesource?

is the "Item Found" contained in the source or added later (after the search is done)? — blurfus
– blurfus, Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 23:40
After the search. Once the search is successfully done, the page displays the message "item found" with the item 's details — Luís Gustavo Vieira
– Luís Gustavo Vieira, Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 23:58
Then the text is not found in the page source, is it? What you want is to find text (on the HTML) — blurfus
– blurfus, Commented Oct 14, 2015 at 0:02

blurfus · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-14 00:04:50Z

1

If the text you are looking for is not initially in the page or if it is hidden, it may not find it.

Try something like this:

String bodyText = driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).getText();
Assert.assertTrue("Item Found", bodyText.contains(text));

You can narrow down the search by selecting a different tag name or even a div by its class or id

answered Oct 14, 2015 at 0:04

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