JavaScript examples

Examples for js-step. See also Variables for a global variable support in JavaScript steps.

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Check that image is loaded

JS-step fails after running more than 15s.

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Force links open to the same window

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Select random date range with a Datepicker and a Timepicker

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Set text for an HTML element

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Wait for HTML #element to disappear

JS-step fails after running more than 15s.

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Parameterizable poll to make sure an element is not visible

JS-step can be configured from another JS-step. Use case example: create a trace which has only this JS-step. Then, in other traces you can reuse this JS-step multiple times by setting the parameters before calling the trace.

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Parameterizable file download

JS-step can be configured from another JS-step.

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Load jQuery

External scripts need to be loaded in the same step they are used.

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Check that the URL contains something

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Click first matching link

When having multiple links with same content click the first match.

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Communicate to external server

Talking to a REST API. This example shows how data can be send from a trace to an http server in any domain. GLOBALS.saveData is posted to an external server.

Here’s a Node.JS example of the server that receives the data (GLOBALS.saveData), and saves it into a file. This not a JS-step, but an example Node.JS server you can host to receive data from your traces.