Unable to select depart date in https://spicejet.com through Selenium and Java

Question

I am trying to select a "Depart date" as of 31st october 2018 from the calender https://spicejet.com/ But I am getting error "unknown error: Element is not clickable at point (832, 242). Other element would receive the click: ..." Please help me out. Here is my code getting such exception:

public class bookflight extends Thread {

    UtilityMethods utilObj= new UtilityMethods();
    @Test
    public void SighnUp() throws IOException
    {
        utilObj.getdriver().get("https://spicejet.com");
        utilObj.getdriver().manage().window().maximize();

        utilObj.getdriver().findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTXT")).click();
        utilObj.getdriver().findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Guwahati (GAU)')]")).click();
        utilObj.getdriver().findElement(By.xpath("//a[contains(text(),'Goa (GOI)')]")).click();
        utilObj.getdriver().findElement(By.className("ui-datepicker-trigger")).click();
        utilObj.getdriver().findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='ui-datepicker-group ui-datepicker-group-first'])/parent:://table[@class='ui-datepicker-calendar']following-sibling::./a/contains(text(),'31')")).click();           
    }
}

Answer 1

To select From (e.g. Guwahati(GAU)), To (e.g. Goa(GOI)) destination and DEPART DATE as 31/10 within the url https://spicejet.com/ you need to induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable and you can use the following solution:

• Code Block:

  import org.openqa.selenium.By;
  import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
  import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
  import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
  import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
  
  public class spicejet_login {
  
      public static void main(String[] args) {
  
  
          System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\geckodriver.exe");
          WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
          driver.get("https://spicejet.com");
          new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//input[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTXT']"))).click();
          driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@id='glsctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTNR']//table[@id='citydropdown']//li/a[@value='GAU']")).click();
          driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_destinationStation1_CTNR']//table[@id='citydropdown']//li/a[@value='GOI']")).click();
          new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//table[@class='ui-datepicker-calendar']//tr//a[contains(@class,'ui-state-default') and contains(.,'31')]"))).click();
      }
  }
  

• Browser Snapshot:

Answer 2

There is lots of different factors which results into this exception, i like to suggest you to try putting some wait.

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(utilObj.getdriver(), 10);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTXT")));

then try clicking element,

utilObj.getdriver().findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTXT")).click();

Answer 3

You can click on element by Action class, based on Exception type:

Actions action = new Actions(driver);
action.moveToElement(WebElement to click).click().perform();

Answer 4

Updated answer to click next date.

//div[contains(@class, 'ui-datepicker-group-first')]//td[@data-month='9' and @data-year='2018']/a[.=31]

You can modify the above XPATH to select date based on YEAR/MONTH/DATE. for more XPath creation go-through my answers.

var path ="//div[contains(@class, 'ui-datepicker-group-first')]//td[@data-month='9' and @data-year='2018']/a[.=31]";
var elem = document.evaluate(path, window.document, null, 9, null ).singleNodeValue;
console.log( elem );
elem.click();

---

When you enter FROM and TO data, then DEPART DATE field get auto selected. So, just you need to select the first data using javascript.

FROM « //div[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTNR']//a[@text='Guwahati (GAU)']
TO « //div[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_destinationStation1_CTNR']//a[@text='Goa (GOI)']
DEPART DATE «
//div[contains(@class, 'ui-datepicker-group-first')]//a[contains(@class, 'ui-state-active')]

sample test program.

import io.github.yash777.driver.Browser;
import io.github.yash777.driver.Drivers;
import io.github.yash777.driver.WebDriverException;

public class SpiceJET {
    static WebDriver driver;
    static WebDriverWait explicitWait;
    public static void main(String[] args) throws WebDriverException, IOException {
        test();
    }
    public static void test() throws WebDriverException, IOException {
        Drivers drivers = new Drivers();
        String driverPath = drivers.getDriverPath(Browser.CHROME, 63, "");

        System.setProperty(ChromeDriverService.CHROME_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY, driverPath);

        DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
        driver = new ChromeDriver( capabilities );
        explicitWait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);

        //Maximize browser window
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        //Go to URL which you want to navigate
        driver.get("https://spicejet.com/");

        clickElement("//input[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTXT'][1]");
        clickElement("//div[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTNR']//a[@text='Guwahati (GAU)']");
        clickElement("//input[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_destinationStation1_CTXT'][1]");
        clickElement("//div[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_destinationStation1_CTNR']//a[@text='Goa (GOI)']");

        clickUsingJavaScript("//div[contains(@class, 'ui-datepicker-group-first')]//a[contains(@class, 'ui-state-active')]");
    }
}

public static void clickElement(String locator) {
    By findBy = By.xpath( locator );
    WebElement element = explicitWait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable( findBy ));
    element.click();
}

public static void clickUsingJavaScript( String locator ) {
    StringBuffer click = new StringBuffer();
    click.append("var elem = document.evaluate(\""+locator+"\", window.document, null, 9, null ).singleNodeValue;");
    click.append("elem.click();");
    System.out.println("JavaScript Click.");
    jse.executeScript( click.toString() );
}

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NOTE: If you are selecting DEPART DATE which got auto selected then selenium throws exception

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: Element <input type="text" readonly="readonly" id="ctl00_mainContent_view_date2" class="custom_date_pic required home-date-pick"> is not clickable at point (784, 241). Other element would receive the click: <span class="ui-datepicker-month">...</span>

Answer 5

I hope below code is helpful and handle departure and return date

public class SpicejetDropdowns1 { 
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException
{ System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","E:\\ChromeDriver\\ChromeDriver2.46\\chromedriver.exe");
WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();   
driver.get("http://www.spicejet.com/");
driver.manage().window().maximize();
System.out.println(driver.getTitle());     driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("#ctl00_mainContent_rbtnl_Trip_1")).click();
// OriginStation
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_originStation1_CTXT']")).click();
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("a[value='DEL']")).click();     
// Destination
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_destinationStation1_CTXT']")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//a[@value='HYD'])[2]")).click();
Thread.sleep(3000); driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@id='ctl00_mainContent_view_date1']")).click();
if(driver.findElement(By.id("Div1")).getAttribute("style").contains("1"))
{
System.out.println("its enabled");
Assert.assertTrue(true);
}
else
{
Assert.assertTrue(false);
}
while(!driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div[class='ui-datepicker-title'] [class='ui-datepicker-month']")).getText().contains("October"))
{
// driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[contains(text(),'Next')]")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@class='ui-datepicker-next ui-corner-all']/span[@class='ui-icon ui-icon-circle-triangle-e']")).click();
System.out.println(driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div[class='ui-datepicker-title'] [class='ui-datepicker-month']")).getText());
}
List<WebElement> dates= driver.findElements(By.xpath("//table[@class='ui-datepicker-calendar']//tr//td"));
int count= dates.size();
for(int i=0; i<count; i++)
{
String txt = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//table[@class='ui-datepicker-calendar']//tr//td")).get(i).getText();
if(txt.equalsIgnoreCase("28"))
{
driver.findElements(By.xpath("//table[@class='ui-datepicker-calendar']//tr//td")).get(i).click();
System.out.println(txt);
break;
}
}
// Return Date  Selection
Thread.sleep(3000); driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@id='ctl00_mainContent_view_date2']")).click();
while(!driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div[class='ui-datepicker-title'] [class='ui-datepicker-month']")).getText().contains("October"))
{
// driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[contains(text(),'Next')]")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@class='ui-datepicker-next ui-corner-all']/span[@class='ui-icon ui-icon-circle-triangle-e']")).click();
System.out.println(driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("div[class='ui-datepicker-title'] [class='ui-datepicker-month']")).getText());
}
List<WebElement> MDates= driver.findElements(By.xpath("//table[@class='ui-datepicker-calendar']//tr//td"));
int Mcount= dates.size();
for(int i=0; i<Mcount; i++)
{
String txt = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//table[@class='ui-datepicker-calendar']//tr//td")).get(i).getText();
if(txt.equalsIgnoreCase("31"))
{
driver.findElements(By.xpath("//table[@class='ui-datepicker-calendar']//tr//td")).get(i).click();
System.out.println(txt);
break;
}
}
//Select Passengers
Thread.sleep(4000);
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='divpaxinfo']")).click();
Thread.sleep(4000);
WebElement Adults = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_Adult']")); Select adultsdrp = new Select(Adults);
adultsdrp.selectByValue("2");
WebElement childs = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@id='ctl00_mainContent_ddl_Child']"));
Select childsdrp = new Select(childs);
childsdrp.selectByValue("2");
driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='divpaxinfo']")).click();
System.out.println(driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//*[@id='divpaxinfo']")).getText());
//Static Currency Dropdown
WebElement Currency =  driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_DropDownListCurrency"));
Select currencydrp = new Select(Currency);
currencydrp.selectByValue("USD"); Assert.assertEquals(driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_DropDownListCurrency")).getAttribute("value"), "USD"); System.out.println(driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_DropDownListCurrency")).getAttribute("value"));
}
}