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Handling Javascript Alerts In Selenium






Alert Class In Java




  1. accept() – Method used to click ‘Ok’ button in an alert.
  2. dismiss() – Method used to click ‘Cancel’ button in an alert
  3. getText() – Method used to get text from an alert.
  4. sendKeys() – Method used to send text to an alert.



Simple Alert Box




Picture showing the different parts of the alert box
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	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang="en"
		xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
		<head>
			<meta charset="utf-8" />
			<title></title>
		</head>
		<body>
			<script>
	alert("This is the test alert message");
	</script>
		</body></html>




package com.FirstSeleniumProject;

import org.openqa.selenium.Alert;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class MyClass {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		WebDriver driver;
		String service = "IEDriverServer path";
		System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", service);
		driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
		driver.get("http://localhost:18275/Page1.html");

		Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
		String alertMessage = alert.getText();
		alert.accept();
		System.out.println(alertMessage);
	}
}




  1. An alert message appears
  2. ‘Ok’ button is clicked and alert message disappears.
  3. An alert message will be displayed in console.
  4. Picture showing how to handle simple alert box in selenium
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Confirm Alert Box




Picture showing the different parts of the confirm box
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		<!DOCTYPE html>
		<html lang="en"
			xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<head>
				<meta charset="utf-8" />
				<title></title>
			</head>
			<body>
				<script>
        var out = confirm("Are you sure you want to click on Ok");
        document.write(out);
    </script>
			</body></html>




package com.FirstSeleniumProject;

import org.openqa.selenium.Alert;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class MyClass {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		WebDriver driver;
		String service = "IEDriverServer path";
		System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", service);
		driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
		driver.get("http://localhost:18275/Page1.html");

		Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
		String alertMessage = alert.getText();
		alert.accept();
		System.out.println(alertMessage);
	}
}




  1. An alert message appears
  2. ‘Ok’ button is clicked and alert message disappears.
  3. An alert message text will be displayed in console.
  4. ‘true’ is written on HTML page.
Picture showing how the confirm box is handled using selenium when ok button is clicked
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package com.FirstSeleniumProject;

import org.openqa.selenium.Alert;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class MyClass {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		WebDriver driver;
		String service = "IEDriverServer path";
		System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", service);
		driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
		driver.get("http://localhost:18275/Page1.html");

		Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
		String alertMessage = alert.getText();
		alert.dismiss();
		System.out.println(alertMessage);
	}
}




  1. An alert message appears
  2. ‘Cancel’ button is clicked and alert message disappears.
  3. An alert message text will be displayed in console.
  4. ‘false’ is written on HTML page.
  5. Picture showing how the confirm box is handled using selenium when cancel button is clicked
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Prompt Alert Box




Picture showing the different components of the prompt alert box
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			<!DOCTYPE html>
			<html lang="en"
				xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
				<head>
					<meta charset="utf-8" />
					<title></title>
				</head>
				<body>
					<script>
       prompt("Please enter your age", "18");
    </script>
				</body></html>




package com.FirstSeleniumProject;

import org.openqa.selenium.Alert;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver;

public class MyClass {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		WebDriver driver;
		String service = "IEDriverServer path";
		System.setProperty("webdriver.ie.driver", service);
		driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
		driver.get("http://localhost:18275/Page1.html");

		Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
		String alertMessage = alert.getText();
		alert.sendKeys("19");
		alert.dismiss();
		System.out.println(alertMessage);
	}
}




  1. A prompt alert message will appear with ‘18’ as its default value
  2. Value will be changed to ‘19’.
  3. Picture showing the prompt alert box for the user to enter the value
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  4. ‘Cancel’ button is clicked and alert message disappears.
  5. An alert message text will be displayed in console.
  6. Picture showing how the prompt alert box is handled in selenium
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Posted By  -  Karan Gupta
 
Posted On  -  Saturday, April 15, 2017

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