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How do I assert the text in Google Search button with Selenium C#?

I tried to write the auto-test with Selenium using C# and asserts the text in Google Search Button.
However the test got failed.
How to do it correctly and what's wrong here?
enter code here
[Test]
public void TestIfButtonNameIsGoogleSearch()
{
Driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl");
var btnSearch = Driver.FindElements(By.Name("btnK"));
if(btnSearch.Count==2)
{
Assert.That(true);
}
string expName = btnSearch.LastOrDefault().Text;
Assert.AreEqual(expName, "Google Search");
}

Use .GetAttribute("value") instead of .Text

you can try the following code. By default inputs are holding the text in 'value' attribute. Normaly its hidden.
Code Example:
var btnSearch = Driver.FindElements(By.Name("btnK"));
var btnFeelingLucky = Driver.FindElements(By.Name("btnI"));
var searchBtnText = btnSearch.GetAttribute("value");
var feelingLuckyBtnText = btnFeelingLucky.GetAttribute("value");
Assert.AreEqual(searchBtnText , "Google Search");
Assert.AreEqual(feelingLuckyBtnText , "I'm Feeling Lucky");
If the 'value' does not return anything or its empty, you can try with:
string btnText = javaScriptExecutor.ExecuteScript("return arguments[0].value", searchBtnText) as string;

How to prevent textbox from copying letters into that?

I am currently working on a C# MVC project. While entering user details into database I need to customize my MobilePhone field to only accept numbers. After some searching I found the below code :
$(document).on("keypress","#MobilePhone", function (e) {
var regex = new RegExp("^[0-9]\d*$");
var str = String.fromCharCode(!e.charCode ? e.which : e.charCode);
if (regex.test(str)) {
return true;
}
e.preventDefault();
return false;
});
This code works for me, It only allows numbers to be entered in the Textbox.
But there is a problem, If a user copy some text and then paste the content in the Textbox nothing happens. Then if I press submitt button it submits and occur error.
So then I found this question :Disable Copy or Paste action for text box?
Answer to the question is :
$('#email').bind("cut copy paste",function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
});
But after I tried this I can not copy even numbers to the textbox. Is there any way I can prevent copying of alphabets and special characters only.

Just add some checks in your binding to prevent cut / copy / paste a non-number : https://jsfiddle.net/hswtutd9/
$(function() {
$("#email").bind("cut copy paste", function(e) {
const data = e.originalEvent.clipboardData.getData("Text")
if(! /\d./.test(data)) {
e.preventDefault()
}
})
})

why are you using text as your input type ????
if you are using strongly typed view ie editor for then just use data annotation
[DataType(DataType.PhoneNumber)]
public string PhoneNumber{get;set;} //i've used string here believing you initially made it as string and hence not effecting the code elsewhere
if you are using html inputs try
input type ="tel" note some brawser does not support tel for them i would prefer number

You can put the phone number validation code in a function and call if both places like:
function IsValidPhoneNumber(number) {
var regex = new RegExp("^[0-9]\d*$");
if (regex.test(number)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
and now you can call it both places like:
$(document).on("keypress","#MobilePhone", function (e) {
if(!IsValidPhoneNumber($(this).val())) {
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
}
$('#MobilePhone').bind("cut copy paste",function(e) {
if(!IsValidPhoneNumber($(this).val())) {
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
});
or more better would be in a single event:
$(document).on("cut copy paste keypress","#MobilePhone", function (e) {
if(!IsValidPhoneNumber($(this).val())) {
e.preventDefault();
return false;
}
}
Now it would allow copying if the value satisfies the regular expression, you might need to tweak the function to check the whole number but this should give you idea how you can allow it there.
Hope it helped!

Regular Expression to avoid HTML tags and empty values

I have applied a textbox click validation and wanted to avoid any html tags in text box also the simple < (open tag) and >(close tag). The below code is working for but i want to add additional validations also for empty strings and other tags in html. Can some one please help modify the regex for the requirement.
function htmlValidation()
{
var re = /(<([^>]+)>)/gi;
if (document.getElementById(’<%=TextBox2.ClientID%>’).value.match(re)){ document.getElementById(’<%=TextBox2.ClientID%>’).value = “”;
return false;
}
return true;
}
Corrected Code above

In my opinion, I believe you'll have a good hard work if you want to validate such things.
Instead of preventing HTML content in a text box, other solution could be just html entity encode Text property, so <p>a</p> would be converted to >p<a>p<.
Result of that is you're going to render the HTML "as text" instead of getting it interpreted by Web browser.
Check this MSDN article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/73z22y6h(v=vs.110).aspx

$("#<%= btnAdd.ClientID %>").click(function () {
var txt = $("#<%= txtBox1.ClientID %>");
var svc = $(txt).val(); //Its Let you know the textbox's value
var re = /(<([^>]+)>)/gi;
if(txt.val()!=""){
if (!txt.val().match(re)) {
//my Operations
//goes here
});
return false;
}
else {
alert("Invalid Content");
}
}
else {
alert("Blank value selected");
}
I have used Jquery function to check for regular expresion. This question is a linked question with
Using Jquery to add items in Listbox from Textbox
Now i can mark this as my final answer.

function in JSON format - possible?

I have the below JSON (been snipped for space), as you can see in the "test" and "tooltip" I have a property that needs to contain a function "formatter" (note this JSON is read in from an XML file and converted to JSON in .NET)
{
"test": {
"formatter": function(){return '<b>'+ this.point.name +'<\/b>: '+ this.y +' %';}
},
"title": {
"align": "center",
"text": "Your chart title here"
},
"tooltip": {
"formatter": function(){return '<b>'+ this.point.name +'<\/b>: '+ this.y +' %';}
}
}
Unfortunatly I'm getting an error on the ASPX page that produces the JSON file
There was an error parsing the JSON document. The document may not be well-formed.
This error is due to the fact that the bit after the "formatter" is not in quotation marks as it thinks it's a string. but If I put a string around it then the front end html page that uses the JSON doesn't see the function.
Is it possible to pass this as a function and not a string?
Many thanks.
Edit:
Thanks for the quick replys. As I said I know that the above isn't correct JSON due to the fact that the "function(){...}" part isn't in quote marks. The front end that reads the JSON file is 3rd party so I was wondering how I could pass the function through, I understand about the problems of injection (from a SQL point of view) and understand why it's not possible in JSON (not worked with JSON before).

If you passed it as a string you could use Javascripts EVAL function, but EVAL is EVIL.
What about meeting it half way and using Object Notation format ?
This is a template jquery plugin that I use at work, the $.fn.extend shows this notation format.
/*jslint browser: true */
/*global window: true, jQuery: true, $: true */
(function($) {
var MyPlugin = function(elem, options) {
// This lets us pass multiple optional parameters to your plugin
var defaults = {
'text' : '<b>Hello, World!</b>',
'anotherOption' : 'Test Plugin'
};
// This merges the passed options with the defaults
// so we always have a value
this.options = $.extend(defaults, options);
this.element = elem;
};
// Use function prototypes, it's a lot faster.
// Loads of sources as to why on the 'tinternet
MyPlugin.prototype.Setup = function()
{
// run Init code
$(this.element).html(this.options.text);
};
// This actually registers a plugin into jQuery
$.fn.extend({
// by adding a jquery.testPlugin function that takes a
// variable list of options
testPlugin: function(options) {
// and this handles that you may be running
// this over multiple elements
return this.each(function() {
var o = options;
// You can use element.Data to cache
// your plugin activation stopping
// running it again;
// this is probably the easiest way to
// check that your calls won't walk all
// over the dom.
var element = $(this);
if (element.data('someIdentifier'))
{
return;
}
// Initialise our plugin
var obj = new MyPlugin(element, o);
// Cache it to the DOM object
element.data('someIdentifier', obj);
// Call our Setup function as mentioned above.
obj.Setup();
});
}
});
})(jQuery);

Persist data using JSON

I'm tryping to use JSON to update records in a database without a postback and I'm having trouble implementing it. This is my first time doing this so I would appreciate being pointed in the right direction.
(Explanation, irrelevant to my question: I am displaying a list of items that are sortable using a jquery plugin. The text of the items can be edited too. When people click submit I want their records to be updated. Functionality will be very similar to this.).
This javascript function creates an array of the objects. I just don't know what to do with them afterwards. It is called by the button's onClick event.
function SaveLinks() {
var list = document.getElementById('sortable1');
var links = [];
for (var i = 0; i < list.childNodes.length; i++) {
var link = {};
link.id = list.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].innerText;
link.title = list.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].innerText;
link.description = list.childNodes[i].childNodes[2].innerText;
link.url = list.childNodes[i].childNodes[3].innerText;
links.push(link);
}
//This is where I don't know what to do with my array.
}
I am trying to get this to call an update method that will persist the information to the database. Here is my codebehind function that will be called from the javascript.
public void SaveList(object o )
{
//cast and process, I assume
}
Any help is appreciated!

I have recently done this. I'm using MVC though it shouldn't be too different.
It's not vital but I find it helpful to create the contracts in JS on the client side and in C# on the server side so you can be sure of your interface.
Here's a bit of sample Javascript (with the jQuery library):
var item = new Item();
item.id = 1;
item.name = 2;
$.post("Item/Save", $.toJSON(item), function(data, testStatus) {
/*User can be notified that the item was saved successfully*/
window.location.reload();
}, "text");
In the above case I am expecting text back from the server but this can be XML, HTML or more JSON.
The server code is something like this:
public ActionResult Save()
{
string json = Request.Form[0];
var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(JsonItem));
var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(json));
JsonItem item = (JsonItem)serializer.ReadObject(memoryStream);
memoryStream.Close();
SaveItem(item);
return Content("success");
}
Hope this makes sense.

You don't use CodeBehind for this, you use a new action.
Your action will take an argument which can be materialized from your posted data (which, in your case, is a JavaScript object, not JSON). So you'll need a type like:
public class Link
{
public int? Id { get; set; }
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public string Url { get; set; }
}
Note the nullable int. If you have non-nullable types in your edit models, binding will fail if the user does not submit a value for that property. Using nullable types allows you to detect the null in your controller and give the user an informative message instead of just returning null for the whole model.
Now you add an action:
[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult DoStuff(IEnumerable<Link> saveList)
{
Repository.SaveLinks(saveList);
return Json(true);
}
Change your JS object to a form that MVC's DefaultModelBinder will understand:
var links = {};
for (var i = 0; i < list.childNodes.length; i++) {
links["id[" + i + "]"] = list.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].innerText;
links["title[" + i + "]"] = list.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].innerText;
links["description[" + i + "]"] = list.childNodes[i].childNodes[2].innerText;
links["url[" + i + "]"] = list.childNodes[i].childNodes[3].innerText;
}
Finally, call the action in your JS:
//This is where I don't know what to do with my array. Now you do!
// presumes jQuery -- this is much easier with jQuery
$.post("/path/to/DoStuff", links, function() {
// success!
},
'json');

Unfortunately, JavaScript does not have a built-in function for serializing a structure to JSON. So if you want to POST some JSON in an Ajax query, you'll either have to munge the string yourself or use a third-party serializer. (jQuery has a a plugin or two that does it, for example.)
That said, you usually don't need to send JSON to the HTTP server to process it. You can simply use an Ajax POST request and encode the form the usual way (application/x-www-form-urlencoded).
You can't send structured data like nested arrays this way, but you might be able to get away with naming the fields in your links structure with a counter. (links.id_1, links.id_2, etc.)
If you do that, then with something like jQuery it's as simple as
jQuery.post( '/foo/yourapp', links, function() { alert 'posted stuff' } );
Then you would have to restructure the data on the server side.