CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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yuv
yuv

Reputation: 149

conditional testing in cypress - testing if element exist

in my automation, I'm trying to find an element with a specific text on a page.
to be more specific: every page is a movie info page and has a list of actors and I'm trying to find a specific actor.
if found I will count it - count ++.
if not I will move to the next page and try to find it there.
again and again, until I searched all of the pages.
The problem I encountered is how to get the text of the elements, and whenever the automation does not find the text it crashes.

the element : <a data-testid="title-cast-item__actor" href="/name/nm2794962?ref_=tt_cl_t_1" class="StyledComponents__ActorName-y9ygcu-1 eyqFnv">Hailee Steinfeld</a>

the one thing that separates the identification of the elements is the inner text (the name of the actor)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 389

Answers (1)

Michael K.
Michael K.

Reputation: 1788

Something like this:

let x = 0;
cy.visit('/your/pages')
cy.get('[data-testid="title-cast-item__actor"]')
  .contains('Hailee Steinfeld')
  .then(() => cy.log(`Count: ${++x}`));

or with visiting all your pages:

let x = 0;
const pages = ['/page1', '/page2'];
cy.wrap(pages).each((page) => {
  cy.visit(page);
  cy.get('[data-testid="title-cast-item__actor"]')
  .invoke('text')
  .then((text) => {
    cy.log(`Actor: ${text}`);
    if (text === 'Hailee Steinfeld') {
      x++;
    }
    return cy.wrap(x);
  })
}).should('be.greaterThan', 0);

But be aware that conditional testing is something that is not recommended by cypress. See https://docs.cypress.io/guides/core-concepts/conditional-testing#The-problem

Upvotes: 1

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