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geneticmaterial
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4 years ago

get elements from DOM not page source

Hi I am able to get hold of a JSON object in a script on my page source, this is some datalayer information created at page load. I do this with a script routine:     function GetDigitalData(){...
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Object Recognition
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    geneticmaterial
    4 years ago

    With support from our dev team, we have the following solution, we need to look in the correct window (is also browser specific):

     

    function GetDocWindow()
    {
    var document, window;
    document = Sys.Browser().Page("*").contentDocument
    // Check if the document.parentWindow property is available
    if (aqObject.IsSupported(document, "parentWindow")){
    window = document.parentWindow
    Log.Message("Document type in use is 'parentWindow'")
    }

    // Check if the document.defaultView property is available
    else if (aqObject.IsSupported(document, "defaultView")){
    window = document.defaultView
    Log.Message("Document type in use is 'defaultView'")
    }
    else
    Log.Error("Unknown browser that doesn't support document.parentWindow or document.defaultView.");

    return window
    }

     


    function JourneyData(){
    var window = GetDocWindow() //gets the return window object from the above function

    //items to compare eg
    var currency_code = "GBP"

    //execute checks eg
    aqObject.CompareProperty(window.digitalData.journey_data.currency_code, cmpEqual, currency_code)

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geneticmaterial
Contributor
Hi. Thanks for the response.
I may have neglected to state that I am trying to implement an automated suite of tests.
I do not have control of the html source or JSON object.
I will check the data at page load and then through interactions on the website, which is where I need the 'in memory' changes to the data.
Hope that helps. Ta
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sonya_m
SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
4 years ago

Hi geneticmaterial ! Please share your progress with the Community, did you manage to try this approach?

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    geneticmaterial
    Contributor
    4 years ago

    No, I was hoping for a reply from my update

    • geneticmaterial's avatar
      geneticmaterial
      Contributor
      4 years ago

      With support from our dev team, we have the following solution, we need to look in the correct window (is also browser specific):

       

      function GetDocWindow()
      {
      var document, window;
      document = Sys.Browser().Page("*").contentDocument
      // Check if the document.parentWindow property is available
      if (aqObject.IsSupported(document, "parentWindow")){
      window = document.parentWindow
      Log.Message("Document type in use is 'parentWindow'")
      }

      // Check if the document.defaultView property is available
      else if (aqObject.IsSupported(document, "defaultView")){
      window = document.defaultView
      Log.Message("Document type in use is 'defaultView'")
      }
      else
      Log.Error("Unknown browser that doesn't support document.parentWindow or document.defaultView.");

      return window
      }

       


      function JourneyData(){
      var window = GetDocWindow() //gets the return window object from the above function

      //items to compare eg
      var currency_code = "GBP"

      //execute checks eg
      aqObject.CompareProperty(window.digitalData.journey_data.currency_code, cmpEqual, currency_code)