Testing Element Finding Strategies in teamcapybara/capybara
This test suite focuses on validating Capybara’s find functionality, testing element location and selection features. It covers various selectors, filters, and matching strategies for finding web elements in automated testing scenarios.
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teamcapybara/capybara
lib/capybara/spec/session/find_spec.rb
# frozen_string_literal: true
Capybara::SpecHelper.spec '#find' do
before do
@session.visit('/with_html')
end
after do
Capybara::Selector.remove(:monkey)
end
it 'should find the first element using the given locator' do
expect(@session.find('//h1').text).to eq('This is a test')
expect(@session.find("//input[@id='test_field']").value).to eq('monkey')
end
it 'should find the first element using the given locator and options' do
expect(@session.find('//a', text: 'Redirect')[:id]).to eq('red')
expect(@session.find(:css, 'a', text: 'A link came first')[:title]).to eq('twas a fine link')
end
it 'should raise an error if there are multiple matches' do
expect { @session.find('//a') }.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)
end
it 'should wait for asynchronous load', requires: [:js] do
Capybara.default_max_wait_time = 2
@session.visit('/with_js')
@session.click_link('Click me')
expect(@session.find(:css, 'a#has-been-clicked').text).to include('Has been clicked')
end
context 'with :text option' do
it "casts text's argument to string" do
expect(@session.find(:css, '.number', text: 42)).to have_content('42')
end
end
context 'with :wait option', requires: [:js] do
it 'should not wait for asynchronous load when `false` given' do
@session.visit('/with_js')
@session.click_link('Click me')
expect do
@session.find(:css, 'a#has-been-clicked', wait: false)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'should not find element if it appears after given wait duration' do
@session.visit('/with_js')
@session.click_link('Slowly')
expect do
@session.find(:css, 'a#slow-clicked', wait: 0.2)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'should find element if it appears before given wait duration' do
@session.visit('/with_js')
@session.click_link('Click me')
expect(@session.find(:css, 'a#has-been-clicked', wait: 3.0).text).to include('Has been clicked')
end
end
context 'with frozen time', requires: [:js] do
if defined?(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
it 'will time out even if time is frozen' do
@session.visit('/with_js')
now = Time.now
allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(now)
expect { @session.find('//isnotthere') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
else
it 'raises an error suggesting that Capybara is stuck in time' do
@session.visit('/with_js')
now = Time.now
allow(Time).to receive(:now).and_return(now)
expect { @session.find('//isnotthere') }.to raise_error(Capybara::FrozenInTime)
end
end
end
context 'with css selectors' do
it 'should find the first element using the given locator' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'h1').text).to eq('This is a test')
expect(@session.find(:css, "input[id='test_field']").value).to eq('monkey')
end
it 'should support pseudo selectors' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'input:disabled').value).to eq('This is disabled')
end
it 'should support escaping characters' do
expect(@session.find(:css, '#\31 escape\.me').text).to eq('needs escaping')
expect(@session.find(:css, '.\32 escape').text).to eq('needs escaping')
end
it 'should not warn about locator' do
expect { @session.find(:css, '#not_on_page') }.to raise_error Capybara::ElementNotFound do |e|
expect(e.message).not_to match(/you may be passing a CSS selector or XPath expression/)
end
end
end
context 'with xpath selectors' do
it 'should find the first element using the given locator' do
expect(@session.find(:xpath, '//h1').text).to eq('This is a test')
expect(@session.find(:xpath, "//input[@id='test_field']").value).to eq('monkey')
end
it 'should warn if passed a non-valid locator type' do
expect { @session.find(:xpath, 123) }.to raise_error(Exception) # The exact error is not yet well defined
.and output(/must respond to to_xpath or be an instance of String/).to_stderr
end
end
context 'with custom selector' do
it 'should use the custom selector' do
Capybara.add_selector(:beatle) do
xpath { |name| ".//*[@id='#{name}']" }
end
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'john').text).to eq('John')
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'paul').text).to eq('Paul')
end
end
context 'with custom selector with custom `match` block' do
it 'should use the custom selector when locator matches the block' do
Capybara.add_selector(:beatle) do
xpath { |num| ".//*[contains(@class, 'beatle')][#{num}]" }
match { |value| value.is_a?(Integer) }
end
expect(@session.find(:beatle, '2').text).to eq('Paul')
expect(@session.find(1).text).to eq('John')
expect(@session.find(2).text).to eq('Paul')
expect(@session.find('//h1').text).to eq('This is a test')
end
end
context 'with custom selector with custom filter' do
before do
Capybara.add_selector(:beatle) do
xpath { |name| ".//li[contains(@class, 'beatle')][contains(text(), '#{name}')]" }
node_filter(:type) { |node, type| node[:class].split(/\s+/).include?(type) }
node_filter(:fail) { |_node, _val| raise Capybara::ElementNotFound, 'fail' }
end
end
it 'should find elements that match the filter' do
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Paul', type: 'drummer').text).to eq('Paul')
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Ringo', type: 'drummer').text).to eq('Ringo')
end
it 'ignores filter when it is not given' do
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Paul').text).to eq('Paul')
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'John').text).to eq('John')
end
it "should not find elements that don't match the filter" do
expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'John', type: 'drummer') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'George', type: 'drummer') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'should not raise an ElementNotFound error from in a filter' do
expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'John', fail: 'something') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound, /beatle "John"/)
end
end
context 'with custom selector with custom filter and default' do
before do
Capybara.add_selector(:beatle) do
xpath { |name| ".//li[contains(@class, 'beatle')][contains(text(), '#{name}')]" }
node_filter(:type, default: 'drummer') { |node, type| node[:class].split(/\s+/).include?(type) }
end
end
it 'should find elements that match the filter' do
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Paul', type: 'drummer').text).to eq('Paul')
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Ringo', type: 'drummer').text).to eq('Ringo')
end
it 'should use default value when filter is not given' do
expect(@session.find(:beatle, 'Paul').text).to eq('Paul')
expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'John') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it "should not find elements that don't match the filter" do
expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'John', type: 'drummer') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
expect { @session.find(:beatle, 'George', type: 'drummer') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
end
context 'with alternate filter set' do
before do
Capybara::Selector::FilterSet.add(:value) do
node_filter(:with) { |node, with| node.value == with.to_s }
end
Capybara.add_selector(:id_with_field_filters) do
xpath { |id| XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:id) == id.to_s] }
filter_set(:field)
end
end
it 'should allow use of filters from custom filter set' do
expect(@session.find(:id, 'test_field', filter_set: :value, with: 'monkey').value).to eq('monkey')
expect { @session.find(:id, 'test_field', filter_set: :value, with: 'not_monkey') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'should allow use of filter set from a different selector' do
expect(@session.find(:id, 'test_field', filter_set: :field, with: 'monkey').value).to eq('monkey')
expect { @session.find(:id, 'test_field', filter_set: :field, with: 'not_monkey') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'should allow importing of filter set into selector' do
expect(@session.find(:id_with_field_filters, 'test_field', with: 'monkey').value).to eq('monkey')
expect { @session.find(:id_with_field_filters, 'test_field', with: 'not_monkey') }.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
end
context 'with css as default selector' do
before { Capybara.default_selector = :css }
after { Capybara.default_selector = :xpath }
it 'should find the first element using the given locator' do
expect(@session.find('h1').text).to eq('This is a test')
expect(@session.find("input[id='test_field']").value).to eq('monkey')
end
end
it 'should raise ElementNotFound with a useful default message if nothing was found' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, '//div[@id="nosuchthing"]').to be_nil
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound, 'Unable to find xpath "//div[@id=\\"nosuchthing\\"]"')
end
context 'without locator' do
it 'should not output `nil` in the ElementNotFound message if nothing was found' do
expect do
@session.find(:label, text: 'no such thing').to be_nil
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound, 'Unable to find label')
end
end
it 'should accept an XPath instance' do
@session.visit('/form')
@xpath = Capybara::Selector.new(:fillable_field, config: {}, format: :xpath).call('First Name')
expect(@xpath).to be_a(XPath::Union)
expect(@session.find(@xpath).value).to eq('John')
end
context 'with :exact option' do
it 'matches exactly when true' do
expect(@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('test_field')], exact: true).value).to eq('monkey')
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('est_fiel')], exact: true)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'matches loosely when false' do
expect(@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('test_field')], exact: false).value).to eq('monkey')
expect(@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('est_fiel')], exact: false).value).to eq('monkey')
end
it 'defaults to `Capybara.exact`' do
Capybara.exact = true
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('est_fiel')])
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
Capybara.exact = false
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant(:input)[XPath.attr(:id).is('est_fiel')])
end
it 'warns when the option has no effect' do
expect { @session.find(:css, '#test_field', exact: true) }.to \
output(/^The :exact option only has an effect on queries using the XPath#is method. Using it with the query "#test_field" has no effect/).to_stderr
end
end
context 'with :match option' do
context 'when set to `one`' do
it 'raises an error when multiple matches exist' do
expect do
@session.find(:css, '.multiple', match: :one)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)
end
it 'raises an error even if there the match is exact and the others are inexact' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], exact: false, match: :one)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)
end
it 'returns the element if there is only one' do
expect(@session.find(:css, '.singular', match: :one).text).to eq('singular')
end
it 'raises an error if there is no match' do
expect do
@session.find(:css, '.does-not-exist', match: :one)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
end
context 'when set to `first`' do
it 'returns the first matched element' do
expect(@session.find(:css, '.multiple', match: :first).text).to eq('multiple one')
end
it 'raises an error if there is no match' do
expect do
@session.find(:css, '.does-not-exist', match: :first)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
end
context 'when set to `smart`' do
context 'and `exact` set to `false`' do
it 'raises an error when there are multiple exact matches' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('multiple')], match: :smart, exact: false)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)
end
it 'finds a single exact match when there also are inexact matches' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], match: :smart, exact: false)
expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular')
end
it 'raises an error when there are multiple inexact matches' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singul')], match: :smart, exact: false)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)
end
it 'finds a single inexact match' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular but')], match: :smart, exact: false)
expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular but not quite')
end
it 'raises an error if there is no match' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('does-not-exist')], match: :smart, exact: false)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
end
context 'with `exact` set to `true`' do
it 'raises an error when there are multiple exact matches' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('multiple')], match: :smart, exact: true)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)
end
it 'finds a single exact match when there also are inexact matches' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], match: :smart, exact: true)
expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular')
end
it 'raises an error when there are multiple inexact matches' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singul')], match: :smart, exact: true)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'raises an error when there is a single inexact matches' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular but')], match: :smart, exact: true)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'raises an error if there is no match' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('does-not-exist')], match: :smart, exact: true)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
end
end
context 'when set to `prefer_exact`' do
context 'and `exact` set to `false`' do
it 'picks the first one when there are multiple exact matches' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('multiple')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)
expect(result.text).to eq('multiple one')
end
it 'finds a single exact match when there also are inexact matches' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)
expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular')
end
it 'picks the first one when there are multiple inexact matches' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singul')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)
expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular but not quite')
end
it 'finds a single inexact match' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular but')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)
expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular but not quite')
end
it 'raises an error if there is no match' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('does-not-exist')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: false)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
end
context 'with `exact` set to `true`' do
it 'picks the first one when there are multiple exact matches' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('multiple')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)
expect(result.text).to eq('multiple one')
end
it 'finds a single exact match when there also are inexact matches' do
result = @session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)
expect(result.text).to eq('almost singular')
end
it 'raises an error if there are multiple inexact matches' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singul')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'raises an error if there is a single inexact match' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('almost_singular but')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
it 'raises an error if there is no match' do
expect do
@session.find(:xpath, XPath.descendant[XPath.attr(:class).is('does-not-exist')], match: :prefer_exact, exact: true)
end.to raise_error(Capybara::ElementNotFound)
end
end
end
it 'defaults to `Capybara.match`' do
Capybara.match = :one
expect do
@session.find(:css, '.multiple')
end.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)
Capybara.match = :first
expect(@session.find(:css, '.multiple').text).to eq('multiple one')
end
it 'raises an error when unknown option given' do
expect do
@session.find(:css, '.singular', match: :schmoo)
end.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
end
end
it 'supports a custom filter block' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'input', &:disabled?)[:name]).to eq('disabled_text')
end
context 'with spatial filters', requires: [:spatial] do
before do
@session.visit('/spatial')
end
let :center do
@session.find(:css, 'div.center')
end
it 'should find an element above another element' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'div:not(.corner)', above: center).text).to eq('2')
end
it 'should find an element below another element' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'div:not(.corner):not(.footer)', below: center).text).to eq('8')
end
it 'should find an element left of another element' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'div:not(.corner)', left_of: center).text).to eq('4')
end
it 'should find an element right of another element' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'div:not(.corner)', right_of: center).text).to eq('6')
end
it 'should combine spatial filters' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'div', left_of: center, above: center).text).to eq('1')
expect(@session.find(:css, 'div', right_of: center, below: center).text).to eq('9')
end
it 'should find an element "near" another element' do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'div.distance', near: center).text).to eq('2')
end
end
context 'within a scope' do
before do
@session.visit('/with_scope')
end
it 'should find the an element using the given locator' do
@session.within(:xpath, "//div[@id='for_bar']") do
expect(@session.find('.//li[1]').text).to match(/With Simple HTML/)
end
end
it 'should support pseudo selectors' do
@session.within(:xpath, "//div[@id='for_bar']") do
expect(@session.find(:css, 'input:disabled').value).to eq('James')
end
end
end
it 'should raise if selector type is unknown' do
expect do
@session.find(:unknown, '//h1')
end.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
end
context 'with Capybara.test_id' do
it 'should not match on it when nil' do
Capybara.test_id = nil
expect(@session).not_to have_field('test_id')
end
it 'should work with the attribute set to `data-test-id` attribute' do
Capybara.test_id = 'data-test-id'
expect(@session.find(:field, 'test_id')[:id]).to eq 'test_field'
end
it 'should use a different attribute if set' do
Capybara.test_id = 'data-other-test-id'
expect(@session.find(:field, 'test_id')[:id]).to eq 'normal'
end
it 'should find a link with the test_id' do
Capybara.test_id = 'data-test-id'
expect(@session.find(:link, 'test-foo')[:id]).to eq 'foo'
end
end
it 'should warn if passed count options' do
allow(Capybara::Helpers).to receive(:warn)
@session.find('//h1', count: 44)
expect(Capybara::Helpers).to have_received(:warn).with(/'find' does not support count options/)
end
end