How do i wait for a page to load after a form submits in Webdriver. I am using firefox driver

Question

I am trying to automate a test case where i submit the form by clicking on an image.

After the page reloads i am not able to interact with any element on the webpage

I am using java , firefox driver.

The code gets stuck and is not able to identify the element at all.

Is there any wait mechanism with webdriver like there is with QTP , selenium ?

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 14 '16 at 09:12

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2 years later, ruby implementation:

wait = Selenium::WebDriver::Wait.new(:timeout => 10)
wait.util {
  @driver.execute_script("return document.readyState;") == "complete" 
}

edited Jun 14 '16 at 09:12

itsjeyd

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answered Feb 15 '13 at 18:58

allenhwkim

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Cool. But the current version does handle page transition load very well! – Thiago Macedo Aug 28 '13 at 04:08
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@ThiagoFMacedo I can't speak for Linux but it is not my experience that it handles it well on Windows. We do something similar allenhwkim suggested. – Peter Vrabel Jan 07 '14 at 13:03
There's a typo there. It should be `wait.until`, not util. – labyrinth Oct 28 '19 at 21:29

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 16 '14 at 23:43

Just use FluentWait class:

/**
 * An implementation of the {@link Wait} interface that may have its timeout
 * and polling interval configured on the fly.
 *
 * <p>Each FluentWait instance defines the maximum amount of time to wait for
 * a condition, as well as the frequency with which to check the condition.
 * Furthermore, the user may configure the wait to ignore specific types of
 * exceptions whilst waiting, such as
 * {@link org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException NoSuchElementExceptions}
 * when searching for an element on the page.
 *
 * <p>Sample usage:
 * <code><pre>
 *   // Waiting 30 seconds for an element to be present on the page, checking
 *   // for its presence once every 5 seconds.
 *   Wait<WebDriver> wait = new FluentWait<WebDriver>(driver)
 *       .withTimeout(30, SECONDS)
 *       .pollingEvery(5, SECONDS)
 *       .ignoring(NoSuchElementException.class);
 *
 *   WebElement foo = wait.until(new Function<WebDriver, WebElement>() {
 *     public WebElement apply(WebDriver driver) {
 *       return driver.findElement(By.id("foo"));
 *     }
 *   });
 *

or WebDriverWait.

Is this a new class? I've got 2.39 (of the c# bindings) and it doesnt seem to be there. What dll does this come from? Maybe I'm missing one — JonnyRaa, Jan 27 '14 at 17:07

surajz · Answer 3 · 2011-06-24T20:33:42.337

I think with selenium 2, you don't need to wait after a form submit using Firefox webdriver.

     element.sendKeys("34344343");
     webDriver.findElement(By.id("searchSubmitButton")).click();

WebElement columnInPostedPage =  webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@id='content']/table/tbody/tr[2]/td[3]")); //

If content is loaded by javascript after the page is loaded, you can do something like this for the content

     query.submit();

    long end = System.currentTimeMillis() + 5000;
    while (System.currentTimeMillis() < end) {
        WebElement result = webDriver.findElement(By.id("content"));
        if (result.isDisplayed()) {
          break;
        }
        //Thread.sleep(1000);
    }        

     WebElement columnInPostedPage =  webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@id='content']/table/tbody/tr[2]/td[3]")); //

Whether Selenium 2 will wait after the `click()` depends on how the page is loaded. — reinierpost, Aug 14 '12 at 12:45
I think an exception will throw you out of the time loop. I don't think this would work. You need to use a WebDriverWait with the .ignoring method. — djangofan, Mar 12 '13 at 17:08

score -2 · Answer 4 · answered May 30 '11 at 07:34

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http://release.seleniumhq.org/selenium-remote-control/0.9.0/doc/java/

waitForpageLoad()

answered May 30 '11 at 07:34

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I guess waitForPageLoad is used when you are using selenium RC. whats the case with Webdriver ? I am using Firefox driver .... i did some try and error and it seems that there is no need to write anything whenever we submit a form . can someone please comment – SK176H May 30 '11 at 15:07
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10720325/selenium-webdriver-wait-for-complex-page-with-javascript-to-load – reinierpost Aug 14 '12 at 12:46

score -2 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 07 '12 at 16:43

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for (int second = 0;; second++) {
            if (second >= 60) fail("timeout");
            try { if (isElementPresent(By.linkText("element"))) break; } catch (Exception e) {}
            Thread.sleep(1000);
        }

answered Mar 07 '12 at 16:43

Marouane Gazanayi

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-1: Webdriver has its methods for implicitly and explicitly waiting: [here](http://seleniumhq.org/docs/04_webdriver_advanced.jsp#explicit-and-implicit-waits) – Alex Okrushko Dec 27 '12 at 12:41
Thnx for the answer. Will learn more about selenium in the future – Marouane Gazanayi Apr 09 '13 at 11:16

How do i wait for a page to load after a form submits in Webdriver. I am using firefox driver

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