Selenium - Wait for Javascript function to execute before continuing

Question

I'm currently creating some test cases with Selenium and I've come across a problem.

In my test case, the website I'm trying to walk through has a small form and a button to search. No problem filling the form and clicking the button. The problem comes once clicking the problem.

Once clicked the button, this function is called:

function muestraEspera(){
document.getElementById("divCargando").style.display = "";
}

Basically, this makes visible a DIV which contains an "loading" image so the visitor do just see the image and wont be able to actually see the website loading the content until finished (the content is loaded with ajax).

Once the content is loaded, this function is executed:

function escondeEspera(){
document.getElementById("divCargando").style.display = "none";
}

Which basically hides the "loading" DIV so the visitor can see the results.

Now, I can't use SLEEPS because loading can take more or less, and because I need the real execution time of the website. Is there any way (using java - junit4) to make selenium wait until the second function is executed before continuing with the next steps?

EDIT: I do use Selenium RC. To start the driver I use:

public void setUp() throws Exception {
        selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "website-url");
        selenium.start();
    }

At the end, the solution that worked perfectly for me, given by Pavel Janicek is:

boolean doTheLoop = true;
      int i = 0;
      while (doTheLoop){      
      i= i+200;
      Thread.sleep(1000);
      if (i>30000){
        doTheLoop = false;
      }
      if (!selenium.isVisible("id=divCargando")){
         doTheLoop = false;
      }      
      if (selenium.isVisible("id=divCargando")){
             doTheLoop = true;
          }      
     }

hope_is_grim · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-15 13:08:23Z

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You can use waitForCondition
And if you're using WebDriver, you can try WebDriverBackedSelenium or FluentWait.
I think this link will help.

edited Feb 15, 2012 at 13:08

answered Feb 15, 2012 at 10:52

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Kevin Maschke Over a year ago

How would you use it? I tried it with waitForCondition and I could not get it to work... :(

Pavel Janicek Over a year ago

The waitForCondition seems to be Selenium-IDE related. Will not work if you use WebDriver approach.

tester · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-15 12:17:21Z

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You should try this. It waits until the specified timeout. And what it waits for is specified in the FluentWait-object. It waits until the Boolean gets true. So if your element is not visible any more, the Boolean gets true and the method stops waiting. The nice thing about this is that it only asks every 1 second if your element is visible instead of asking as fast as it can which makes no sense.

public static void wait(WebDriver driver, int timeout, final By locator){
    FluentWait<WebDriver> wait = new FluentWait<WebDriver>(driver)
       .withTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
       .pollingEvery(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
       .ignoring(NoSuchElementException.class)

    wait.until(new Function<WebDriver, Boolean>() {
        public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver) {
            WebElement element = driver.findElement(locator);
            return !element.isDisplayed();
        }
    });
}

EDIT: As you wrote in your comments and in your edit, it seems that you use Selenium 1. WebDriver is part of Selenium 2. So just get the wrapped driver like this:

Selenium selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "website-url");
CommandExecutor executor = new SeleneseCommandExecutor(selenium); 
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(executor, new DesiredCapabilities());

edited Feb 15, 2012 at 12:17

answered Feb 15, 2012 at 11:32

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Kevin Maschke Over a year ago

Using ----- FluentWait<WebDriver> wait = new FluentWait<WebDriver>(driver) .withTimeout(200, TimeUnit.SECONDS) .pollingEvery(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS) .ignoring(NoSuchElementException.class); wait.until(new Function<WebDriver, Boolean>() { public Boolean apply(WebDriver driver) { WebElement element = driver.findElement(divCargando); return !element.isDisplayed(); } }); ----- I do get this error: "Driver cannot be resolved to a variable"

tester Over a year ago

Can you provide a stack trace? driver is an WebDriver instance, like FirefoxDiver or RemoteWebDriver.

Kevin Maschke Over a year ago

The thing is that I use selenium RC: selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "website-url");

Pavel Janicek Over a year ago

Or more generally - can you provide how do you initialize the WebDriver?

tester Over a year ago

You use Selenium 1. Just add the following after your DefaultSelenium: CommandExecutor executor = new SeleneseCommandExecutor(selenium); WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(executor, new DesiredCapabilities());

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Christopher Chiche · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-24 14:20:55Z

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** EDIT 3**

So we have:

DefaultSelenium selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost",4444,"*iexplore", "websiteURL");

Still you can use the command isVisible like this:

boolean doTheLoop = true;
    int i = 0;
    while (doTheLoop){      
        i = i+200;
        Thread.sleep(200);
        if (i>30000){
            doTheLoop = false;
        }
        if (!selenium.isVisible("id=the ID Of element")){
            doTheLoop = false;
      }      
}

Hope you will not end up in infinite loop.

I never worked with DefaultSelenium, so use please the isVisible() function the same way as you are using the click() for example.

edited Feb 24, 2016 at 14:20

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answered Feb 15, 2012 at 11:08

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8 Comments

Kevin Maschke Over a year ago

Both methods give me these errors: "driver cannot be resolved" and "The method isVisible() is undefined for the type WebElement"..

Pavel Janicek Over a year ago

I forgot to mention - the driver is instance of WebDriver. I will update the answer a little.

Kevin Maschke Over a year ago

I do use: selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 4444, "*iexplore", "website-url"); To start the driver. Selenium RC.

Pavel Janicek Over a year ago

Editing once more. I will provide the quickest solution found: WebDriver driver = selenium.getWrappedDriver();

Kevin Maschke Over a year ago

Just one problem using this solution: "The method getWrappedDriver() is undefined for the type Selenium"

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