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cdub
cdub

Reputation: 410

Refresh page until value changes in Python Selenium

I am trying to validate that a value changes to the correct text and if it does not to refresh the page and check again for up to set time.

I have tried while-loops, if statements and nested variations of both with no success. I am not even sure how to format it as this point.

element = driver.find_element_by_xpath('xpath')
While True:
   if element contains textA
     break
   else if element contains textB
    driver.refresh()
   else
     error

Something along those lines. Ignore any syntax errors, I am just trying to get the idea across

I have also tried using EC and By with no luck

Edit: Adding some details

So what I have is a table. I am inserting a new row with no problems. Then I need to check that one of the column values of the new row gets updated from 'new' to 'old' which usually takes about anywhere from 30secs to 2mins. This is all viewable from a web ui. I need to refresh the page in order to see the value change. I wish I had some more detailed code or error to post along with it but honestly I am just beginning to learn Selenium

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1777

Answers (1)

Helping Hands
Helping Hands

Reputation: 5396

Can you please try the following : 

    while True:
        try:
            driver.find_element_by_xpath('xpath'):
        except NoSuchElementException:
            driver.refresh
        else:
            print("Text found")
            break

Note: I suggest to create text-based XPath to avoid an extra line of code to get and compare text.

Upvotes: 0

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