[wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com
I've tried for a couple hours trying to find the right combination of: browser.button(:id, "929940484").click to click the button on the Quibids.com item-specific page but have had zero luck. It keeps giving Unable to Locate Element error. I have also tried :value of "Bid Now" and a countless other combinations. Any help would be appreciated. -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com
Hi Tommy, I need you to be a bit more specific in order to help you, What "Bid now" are you trying to click. On the main entry page there are at least 5 "Bid Now" buttons, are you trying to click on the first element or what? IE Developer tools lists the first "Bid Now" as try using that identifier. On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 12:30 PM, TommyW wrote: > I've tried for a couple hours trying to find the right combination of: > > browser.button(:id, "929940484").click > > to click the button on the Quibids.com item-specific page but have had > zero luck. It keeps giving Unable to Locate Element error. I have also > tried :value of "Bid Now" and a countless other combinations. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > -- > Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search > before you ask, be nice. > > watir-general@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general > watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:30 PM, TommyW wrote: > browser.button(:id, "929940484").click Looks like relevant HTML is: Bid Now You should be able to click it with: browser.a(:text => "Bid Now").click By the way, that will click the first link with text "Bid Now". If you want to click a specific link, find an parent element with an unique attribute. For example: ... Bid Now ... You could click exactly this "Bid Now" link with: browser.div(:id => "864656507").a(:text => "Bid Now").click Željko -- https://leanpub.com/watirbook -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com
Thanks for the info, Zeljko. That's going to take some studying to understand. one more question and might be a simple answer but after spending a few hours looking for code example I found nothing. How do I simiply examine the value of a certain element? For example, on the quibid home page, how do I get the value, programatically, of the "Live Actions" text at the top left of the screen? Or of a link? I did this some years ago and thought it had something to do with a question mark (?) ? thanks. On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 4:15:46 AM UTC-6, Željko Filipin wrote: > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 10:30 PM, TommyW > > wrote: > > browser.button(:id, "929940484").click > > Looks like relevant HTML is: > > Bid Now > > You should be able to click it with: > > browser.a(:text => "Bid Now").click > > By the way, that will click the first link with text "Bid Now". > > If you want to click a specific link, find an parent element with an > unique attribute. For example: > > > ... > Bid Now > ... > > You could click exactly this "Bid Now" link with: > > browser.div(:id => "864656507").a(:text => "Bid Now").click > > Željko > -- > https://leanpub.com/watirbook > -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:25 PM, TommyW wrote: > How do I simiply examine the value of a certain element? You need an inspector tool. Most browsers have one build in. Right click an element and select "inspect element" in context menu that appears. Željko -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com
yes, I use the IE inspector tool but how do you do that in Watir programatically. I'm thinking it's something like: b.text_field(:id,"abcedf").value? that's where I'm stuck. :) On Thursday, December 6, 2012 2:41:10 PM UTC-6, Željko Filipin wrote: > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:25 PM, TommyW >wrote: > >> How do I simiply examine the value of a certain element? > > > You need an inspector tool. Most browsers have one build in. Right click > an element and select "inspect element" in context menu that appears. > > Željko > -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com
On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:47 PM, TommyW wrote: > b.text_field(:id,"abcedf").value? > You were close: b.text_field(:id,"abcedf").value Depending on if you use watir-webdriver or watir-classic gems, API documentation is here: http://rdoc.info/gems/watir-webdriver/ http://rdoc.info/gems/watir-classic Željko -- Before posting, please read http://watir.com/support. In short: search before you ask, be nice. watir-general@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/watir-general watir-general+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
Re: [wtr-general] Watir and Quibids.com
Ok, so I'm down to just seeking the answer which, for me at this time, is
the best teacher.
So go to quibids.com, click one of the items on auction. See the "Bidding
History" table? I'm trying to get the value, programatically, of the first
name in the list. I used the following:
irb(main):020:0> puts b.text_field(:id => 'bhu_1').value
and received:
Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException: Unable to locate element, using
{:tag_
name=>["text", "password", "textarea"], :id=>"bhu_1"}
from
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/watir-classic-3.3.0/lib/watir-c
lassic/element.rb:66:in `assert_exists'
from (eval):3:in `value'
from (irb):20
from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `'
Thanks.
On Thursday, December 6, 2012 2:53:52 PM UTC-6, Željko Filipin wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:47 PM, TommyW >wrote:
>
>> b.text_field(:id,"abcedf").value?
>>
>
> You were close:
>
> b.text_field(:id,"abcedf").value
>
> Depending on if you use watir-webdriver or watir-classic gems, API
> documentation is here:
>
> http://rdoc.info/gems/watir-webdriver/
> http://rdoc.info/gems/watir-classic
>
> Željko
>
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