{"id":843,"date":"2013-01-02T09:53:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T09:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?p=843"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:13:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T08:43:14","slug":"selenium-browser-access-javascript","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/selenium-browser-access-javascript\/","title":{"rendered":"Browser and variable access by JavaScript | Selenium Automation Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Browser and variable access by JavaScript | Selenium Automation Testing<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Browser and variable access by JavaScript &#8211; Storing variables in Selenium IDE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selenium functions store, storeValue, and storeText store some data for later access.<\/li>\n<li>Selenium uses a map called storedVars to store the data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can store strings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>store<br \/>\nthis text is a string<br \/>\nvariable1<\/p>\n<p>You can use previously stored variables. ${varaiable_name} gives us access to the storedVars map.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>store<br \/>\n${variable1} okay?<br \/>\nvariable2<\/p>\n<p>* varaible2 will now be \u2018this text is a string okay?\u2019<br \/>\nYou can use pure javascript expressions. With javascript{} we can use pure javascript:<\/p>\n<p>store<br \/>\njavascript{Math.random()}<br \/>\nrandom_variable<\/p>\n<p>So you can access the storedVars map directly in a javascript expression:<\/p>\n<p>store<br \/>\njavascript{storedVars[&#8216;random_variable&#8217;]}<br \/>\nrandom_variable_copy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storing variables in Selenium IDE<\/strong><br \/>\n* random_variable and random_variable_copy should be exactly the same.<br \/>\nNote that if you use:<\/p>\n<p>store 0 zero<\/p>\n<p>zero will be 0, but casted as a string. So later if you use for example:<\/p>\n<p>javascript{storedVars[&#8216;zero&#8217;]+1}<\/p>\n<p>You will get \u201901\u2032 instead of \u20191\u2032.<br \/>\nSo when you need 0 as an integer you should store your variables using javascript:<\/p>\n<p>getEval storedVars[&#8216;zero&#8217;] = 0;<\/p>\n<p>* getEval gets the result of evaluating the specified JavaScript snippet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can I access global javascript variables in the browser console?<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Build a Visualforce page with showHeader=\"false\"<\/pre>\n<pre class=\"lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted\"><code><span class=\"tag\">&lt;apex:page<\/span> <span class=\"atn\">showHeader<\/span><span class=\"pun\">=<\/span><span class=\"atv\">\"false\"<\/span><span class=\"tag\">&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Create a javascript global variable inside the page:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted\"><code><span class=\"tag\">&lt;script&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"kwd\">var<\/span><span class=\"pln\"> myVar <\/span><span class=\"pun\">=<\/span> <span class=\"str\">'Hello'<\/span><span class=\"pun\">;<\/span> <span class=\"tag\">&lt;\/script&gt;<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Save your test page and open it via its URL.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted\"><code><span class=\"pln\">http\/\/[instance].salesforce.com\/apex\/[pagename]<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Now in the browser console (F12 sometimes), type<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted\"><code><span class=\"pln\">window.myVar<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>and return gives you<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted\"><code><span class=\"pln\">'Hello'<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Now<\/strong> insert this visualforce page as a section in a standard page layout.<\/p>\n<p>Load the standard page and type in the console:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted\"><code><span class=\"pln\">window.myVar<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Which returns<\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang-xml prettyprint prettyprinted\"><code><span class=\"pln\">undefined<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<p><em>What ?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Where art thou ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"apply\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/practice\/startPracticeTest\/Selenium-WebDriver-Questions\">Free Selenium Practice Tests | Go To Selenium Practice Test Now<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Apply for Selenium Certification Now!!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/Certified-Selenium-Professional\">http:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/Certified-Selenium-Professional<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Browser and variable access by JavaScript | Selenium Automation Testing Browser and variable access by JavaScript &#8211; Storing variables in Selenium IDE Selenium functions store, storeValue, and storeText store some data for later access. 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