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Lubos Jerabek
Lubos Jerabek

Reputation: 833

Is there a way to pass a WebElement to javascript in Robot?

Is there a way to pass a WebElement to javascript in Robot? My script:

${el} =    Get Webelement    ${locator}
Execute Javascript    ${el}.checked = true;    #not sure how to approach this bit

I cannot use document.getElementById("whatever") as in some certain cases there's no ID used but custom locators.

Many thanks for your help!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1119

Answers (4)

PDHide
PDHide

Reputation: 19989

${child}=    Execute Javascript    return arguments;     ARGUMENTS    ${child}    ${parent}

you can pass arguments to Executer using ARGUMENTS keyword, you can try print ${child} and see

Upvotes: 0

Lubos Jerabek
Lubos Jerabek

Reputation: 833

So yes, I've got the solution by combination of above:

Select Checkbox
    [Arguments]    ${locator}    ${timeout}=${global_timeout}
    ${tempId} =    Generate Random String    8
    Wait Until Page Contains Element    locator=${locator}    timeout=${timeout}
    ${origId} =    Get Element Attribute    ${locator}@id
    Assign Id To Element    locator=${locator}    id=${tempId}
    Execute Javascript    document.getElementById("${tempId}").checked = true;
    ${locator} =    Replace String    string=${locator}    search_for=${origId}    replace_with=${tempId}
    Assign Id To Element    locator=${locator}    id=${origId}

Unselect Checkbox
    [Arguments]    ${locator}    ${timeout}=${global_timeout}
    ${tempId} =    Generate Random String    8
    Wait Until Page Contains Element    locator=${locator}    timeout=${timeout}
    ${origId} =    Get Element Attribute    ${locator}@id
    Assign Id To Element    locator=${locator}    id=${tempId}
    Execute Javascript    document.getElementById("${tempId}").checked = false;
    ${locator} =    Replace String    string=${locator}    search_for=${origId}    replace_with=${tempId}
    Assign Id To Element    locator=${locator}    id=${origId}

Checkbox Should Be Selected
    [Arguments]    ${locator}    ${timeout}=${global_timeout}
    Wait Until Page Contains Element    locator=${locator}    timeout=${timeout}
    ${el} =    Get Webelement    ${locator}
    Should Be True    ${el.is_selected()}

Checkbox Should Not Be Selected
    [Arguments]    ${locator}    ${timeout}=${global_timeout}
    Wait Until Page Contains Element    locator=${locator}    timeout=${timeout}
    ${el} =    Get Webelement    ${locator}
    Should Not Be True    ${el.is_selected()}

Upvotes: 3

Verv
Verv

Reputation: 2473

It's not possible, but what you could try is, giving an id to your located element, using the keyword Assign Id To Element and then retrieve your element in the javascript with document.getElementById

Edit: If assigning an Id isn't an option, you could look into how the keyword mentioned above assigns the id to the element and implement your own keyword using the same trick, but to check your checkbox. Something like this:

element = self._element_find(locator, True, True)
self._current_browser().execute_script("arguments[0].checked=true;", element)

Upvotes: 4

Bryan Oakley
Bryan Oakley

Reputation: 386362

No, you cannot pass the web element to javascript. It is a python object.

However, you don't need to use javascript if you want to call a method on the object. For example, to check if the element is selected you can do ${el.is_selected()}

The available element methods are documented here: http://selenium-python.readthedocs.io/api.html#module-selenium.webdriver.remote.webelement

Upvotes: 2

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