How to validate if an element is enabled only after 60 seconds

Question

I have a link in my application which gets enabled after 60 seconds. I have to verify , that the link only gets enabled after 60 seconds not before that. Have tried below ways:

I have tried element to be clickable() with fluent wait/webdriver wait/thread.sleep and all are returning that element is enabled where as it's actually disabled till 60 seconds.
i have tried getAttribute("disabled")also , it also returns false.

The only difference i can see in the html is the class attribute. When it is disabled , class attribute value has additional text (disabled) added to it.

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I think the question is pretty much clear. Can't share the code as it is internal to the organisation i am working for. — P K, May 24 '19 at 18:15
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Please provide some code and some example markup/a link to the site. The main question is how is it disabled, using the disabled attribute, CSS, JavaScript? — Ardesco, May 31 '19 at 10:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '19 at 10:16

Try with this (and tweek as needed):

long ts1 = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;
new WebDriverWait(driver, 60).until(ExpectedConditions.attributeToBe(element, "disabled", null);
long ts2 = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;
Assert.assertTrue((ts2-ts1)>=60);

If the element becomes not disabled before 60 seconds is up, assert will fail.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '19 at 16:25

As the link within the application gets enabled after 60 seconds and till then (being disabled) the class attribute contains the additional value disabled, to validate this usecase you can use a try-catch{} block and you can use either of the following Python based Locator Strategies:

CSS_SELECTOR:

try:
    WebDriverWait(driver, 60).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "tag_name[some_attribute='value_of_some_attribute']:not(.disabled)")))
    print("Class attribute failed to contain the value disabled for 60 seconds")
except TimeoutException:
    print("Class attribute successfully contained the value disabled for 60 seconds")

XPATH:

try:
    WebDriverWait(driver, 60).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//tag_name[@some_attribute='value_of_some_attribute' and not(@class='disabled')]")))
    print("Class attribute failed to contain the value disabled for 60 seconds")
except TimeoutException:
    print("Class attribute successfully contained the value disabled for 60 seconds")

How to validate if an element is enabled only after 60 seconds

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