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rancan's avatar
rancan
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Verifiy link address on firefox

Hi, I am still exploring on how TestComplete works.   Currently, I am trying to create a test to verifiy the support link provided on the software opens the expected website address.   As I have ...
  • BenoitB's avatar
    BenoitB
    5 years ago

    lol ... no it was an example MyValue :smileyhappy:

     

    So here you must make that,

    function CheckWebURL(UrlToCheck) { 
      //Assuming that no need of browser exists check so just check if an url is given to be checked and if current browser current page url contains this url 
      if (typeof UrlToCheck == 'string') { 
        var posUrl = aqString.Find(Sys.Browser("*").Page("*").URL, UrlToCheck, 0 , false); 
        return ((UrlToCheck != "") && (posUrl >=0) && (posUrl < 9)) 
      } 
      else {
        Log.Message("UrlToCheck is incorrect");
        return false;
      }
    }

    typeof return the type of the variable

    it could be 'undefined', 'string', 'number' or 'Object'  (array are included in Object)

    Here you want a string, so checking if type is string is double check:  variable is definied and it's type is string.

     

    On your function, MyValue is here not defined ...

    And it will return return true, because by default function returns true. And you don't specify the return value in case of bad type (Log.Message doesn't change return value, Log.Error yes).

     

    Good place to learn data type here:

    https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_datatypes.asp

     

     

BenoitB's avatar
BenoitB
Community Hero

To check the current bar url in current active browser is as simple as checking the Sys.Browser("*").Page("*").URL value

 

rancan's avatar
rancan
Occasional Contributor
5 years ago

Hi,

 

Sorry for the late response and thank you for replying on my question. 

 

I tried to write a script as you said, however, i got the warning Ms Jscript Runtime error. 

As I am not familiar with coding, here's what I have:

 

function CheckWeb()
{

// Obtains the browser process
var browser = Sys.Browser("firefox");
// Obtains the page currently opened in Mozilla firefox
var page = browser.Page("*");

try{
if (page == "www.google.com")
{
Log.Message("Support link checkpoint success " + page);
}
}

catch(e)
{
//Handle exception
Log.Message("Error: "+ e.name, e.description);
}
}

 

Could you please help me with this? 

Thank you very much

  • BenoitB's avatar
    BenoitB
    Community Hero
    5 years ago

    you get the page object but you have to check the URL property so the test is
    if (page.URL == "your adress")

    But beware that page url can contains also all variables stuff starting at the end of the url with the ? sign
    So instead equality its better to use aqString.Find() or aqString.Contains()

     

    function CheckWebURL(UrlToCheck = "") {
  // Assuming that no need of browser exists check so just check if an url is given to be checked and if current browser current page url contains this url
  return ((UrlToCheck != "") && (aqString.Find(Sys.Browser("*").Page("*").URL, UrlToCheck, 0 , false) != -1))
}

    But this method is incomplete  because if you have an url like http://myapp.jsp?errorvalue=www.google.com it will return true ..

     

    So ..

     

    function CheckWebURL(UrlToCheck = "") {
  // Assuming that no need of browser exists check so just check if an url is given to be checked and if current browser current page url contains this url
  let posUrl = aqString.Find(Sys.Browser("*").Page("*").URL, UrlToCheck, 0 , false);
  return ((UrlToCheck != "") && (posUrl >=0) && (posUrl < 9))
}

    aqString.Find will return position into given string of the substring, -1 if not found so greater than -1

    But why < 9 ?

    Because if you give short url without protocol, you may prevent of that.

    Commons protocol are ftp://, http:// https://, mailto:   so longest is https:// which is 8 characters long.

     

    You can improve and secure this method with managing the current browser in use at global level (instead of using Browser("*"), use Browser(currentBrowser)), it's useful in tests with multiples browsers used in same time. Or pass the browser name in parameter of the function.

     

     

     

     

     

    • rancan's avatar
      rancan
      Occasional Contributor
      5 years ago

      Hi,

       

      Thank you very much on the explanation, beforehand, this might be a stupid question,

      in JavaScript, would it be possible to write "" in this 

      function CheckWebURL(UrlToCheck = ""){
      ...
      }

       Because it's giving me error.

       

      Thank you very much. 

      • BenoitB's avatar
        BenoitB
        Community Hero
        5 years ago

        I use javascript and the sample i given to you works in my TC 14.3

        You can write " " or ' '  

        Normally one is for string, the other is for single character but this is in theory, you can use both as string delimiter.

        • If you want write Hello grand'ma -> "Hello grand'ma" it's ok
        • If you want write He said "come with us" -> 'He said "come with us"'
        • If you want mix, use escape character which is \,  He said "Hello grand'ma" ->   "He said \"hello grand'ma"  or  'He said "Hello grand\'ma"'