Performance test function for Webdriver UDF

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

Hi

I'm creating a function to test performance times of a link. 

The basic function is 

1. Start timer
2. click link
3. wait for element to appear
4. stop timer 

However I'm finding it's not waiting for the element but continuing the script? This was working the other day but then I did update the wd.au3 files

Func WebDriver_PerformanceTest_ClickLinkAndTimeUntilElementAppears($sSession, $Xpath, $ElementToAppear, $TestResultText)
    Local $hTimer = TimerInit() ; Begin the timer and store the handle in a variable.
    
     $Element = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $Xpath)
    _WD_ElementAction($sSession, $Element, 'click')
    _WD_LoadWait($sSession)
    _WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $ElementToAppear)
    
    Local $fDiff = TimerDiff($hTimer)
    
    FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "Performance Tests:  " & $TestResultText)
    FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "    Time it took for element to appear")
    FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "    " & $fDiff)
Endfunc

Any pointers as to why it continues the script instead of waiting for element to appear? 
 

                                                  

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

In fact this is really strange. I ran my automation a bunch more times and it seemed to continue the script. 

Then I just ran it and it ran perfectly 😭

I've not changed any code so why would it continue the script sometimes and not others?!

[Danp2]

You'll need to review the webdriver logs and compare a successful run versus an unsuccessful one.

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

So this is an example where I launch the script and it fails immediately. 

"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "H:\Quality Assurance\AutoIT Scripts\IMIAA\Framework\TestEnv2.au3"    

Error: Winactivate Outlook window > Mouse click the New email icon > Can't activate window_WD_Option ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Option=Driver   Value=chromedriver.exe
_WD_Option ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Option=Port   Value=9515
_WD_Option ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Option=DriverParams   Value=--log-path="H:\Quality Assurance\AutoIT Scripts\IMIAA\Framework\chrome.log"
_WD_IsLatestRelease ==> Success [0] : True
_WD_Startup: OS:    WIN_10 WIN32_NT 19042 
_WD_Startup: AutoIt:    3.3.14.4
_WD_Startup: Webdriver UDF: 0.11.0 (Up to date)
_WD_Startup: WinHTTP:   1.6.4.2
_WD_Startup: Driver:    chromedriver.exe (32 Bit)
_WD_Startup: Params:    --log-path="H:\Quality Assurance\AutoIT Scripts\IMIAA\Framework\chrome.log"
_WD_Startup: Port:  9515
_WD_Startup: Command:   "chromedriver.exe" --log-path="H:\Quality Assurance\AutoIT Scripts\IMIAA\Framework\chrome.log" 
_WD_Startup ==> Success [0]
__WD_Post ==> Send / Recv error [6] : HTTP status = 0
_WD_CreateSession ==> Webdriver Exception [10]
__WD_Delete ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200
_WD_DeleteSession ==> Success [0] : WebDriver session deleted
>Exit code: 0    Time: 38.36

 

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

I put an error check on the WD Wait element and it turns out it's returning an error for each time I use it. 

Why would this return an error? 

 

---------------Click Login button-------------------__WD_Post ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200
_WD_FindElement ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Strategy=xpath   Selector=//*[@id="root"]/div/div/div[3]/div/div[3]/form/div[3]/div/button   StartNodeID=Default   Multiple=Default   ShadowRoot=Default
__WD_Post ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200
_WD_ElementAction ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Command=click   Option=Default
_WD_LoadWait ==> Success [0 / 4] : Parameters:    Delay=Default    Timeout=Default    Element=Default    DesiredState=complete    : ReadyState= complete (Fully loaded)
_WD_WaitElement ==> Timeout [7] : Parameters:   Strategy=xpath   Selector=//*[@id="covering-file-tab-MY BTKs"]   Delay=Default   Timeout=Default   Options=Default

------ERROR: Error on _WD_WaitElement for: IMIAA > Login Screen > Click logon screen > Wait for element to appear

Function where WD Wait element is used 

Func WebDriver_PerformanceTest_ClickLinkAndTimeUntilElementAppears($sSession, $Xpath, $ElementToAppear, $TestResultText)
Local $hTimer = TimerInit() ; Begin the timer and store the handle in a variable.

 $Element = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $Xpath)
_WD_ElementAction($sSession, $Element, 'click')
_WD_LoadWait($sSession)
_WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $ElementToAppear)
if @error then
   Msgbox(16, "", "-----WD_WaitElement Error at: " & $TestResultText, 3)
   WriteToConsoleAndLog("------ERROR: Error on _WD_WaitElement for: " & $TestResultText)
endif
Local $fDiff = TimerDiff($hTimer) ; Find the difference in time from the previous call of TimerInit. The variable we stored the TimerInit handlem is passed as the "handle" to TimerDiff.

FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "-Performance Tests:  " & $TestResultText)
FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "-----Time it took for element to appear")
FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "-----" & $fDiff)
WriteToConsoleAndLog( "-Performance Tests:  " & $TestResultText)
WriteToConsoleAndLog( "----Time it took for element to appear")
WriteToConsoleAndLog( "----" & $fDiff)

   Endfunc

 

[Danp2]

2 hours ago, CaptainBeardsEyesBeard said:

So this is an example where I launch the script and it fails immediately. 

In this case, you would need to check chrome.log to determine why chromedriver failed.

2 hours ago, CaptainBeardsEyesBeard said:

I put an error check on the WD Wait element and it turns out it's returning an error for each time I use it. Why would this return an error? 

It doesn't find the desired element before it timesout. FWIW, the default timeout is 10 seconds unless you override it.

Can you provide a short reproducer so that we can test on our end?

[CaptainBeardsEyesBeard]

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It doesn't find the desired element before it timesout. FWIW, the default timeout is 10 seconds unless you override it.

I see. It seems to fail quicker than 10 seconds but quite instantly. 

Do you mind providing the correct syntax for the override. I tried the below but got a failure 

_WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $ElementToAppear [, $iDelay = 20]])

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Can you provide a short reproducer so that we can test on our end?

 

Sure I'm using it in this context 

WebDriver_PerformanceTest_ClickLinkAndTimeUntilElementAppears($sSession, $XPath_link_to_click,$XPath_Element_to_wait_for, "Main screen > Clicking login button")

and the function is defined here 

Func WebDriver_PerformanceTest_ClickLinkAndTimeUntilElementAppears($sSession, $Xpath, $ElementToAppear, $TestResultText)
Local $hTimer = TimerInit() ; Begin the timer and store the handle in a variable.

 $Element = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $Xpath)
_WD_ElementAction($sSession, $Element, 'click')
_WD_LoadWait($sSession)
_WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $ElementToAppear [, $iDelay = Default]])
if @error then
   Msgbox(16, "", "-----WD_WaitElement Error at: " & $TestResultText, 3)
   WriteToConsoleAndLog("------ERROR: Error on _WD_WaitElement for: " & $TestResultText)
endif
Local $fDiff = TimerDiff($hTimer) ; Find the difference in time from the previous call of TimerInit. The variable we stored the TimerInit handlem is passed as the "handle" to TimerDiff.

FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "-Performance Tests:  " & $TestResultText)
FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "-----Time it took for element to appear")
FileWrite($TestResults, @CRLF & "-----" & $fDiff)
WriteToConsoleAndLog( "-Performance Tests:  " & $TestResultText)
WriteToConsoleAndLog( "----Time it took for element to appear")
WriteToConsoleAndLog( "----" & $fDiff)

   Endfunc

 

[Danp2]

1 hour ago, CaptainBeardsEyesBeard said:

I see. It seems to fail quicker than 10 seconds but quite instantly. 

Did you perhaps try to change the default timeout using _WD_Option?

FWIW, your syntax is off, and the timeout should be supplied in milliseconds. The following is from the DemoSleep function in wd_demo --

_WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, '//img[@class="loader-spinner ng-hide" and @ng-show="loading"]', Default, 3 * 60 * 1000)

so the above should wait up to 3 minutes before timing out.

P.S. You haven't posted code that we can run to reproduce the issue. One easy way to do this is to modify the UserTesting function in wd_demo to perform the desired actions. It would look something like this --

Func UserTesting() ; here you can replace the code to test your stuff before you ask on the forum
    Local $sURL = '<Insert your website here>'
    Local $sFindXpath = '<Insert first xpath here>'
    Local $sWaitXpath = '<Insert second xpath here>'
    _WD_Navigate($sSession, $sURL)
    _WD_LoadWait($sSession)

    $Element = _WD_FindElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $sFindXpath)
    _WD_ElementAction($sSession, $Element, 'click')
    _WD_LoadWait($sSession)
    
    _WD_WaitElement($sSession, $_WD_LOCATOR_ByXPath, $sWaitXpath)
EndFunc   ;==>UserTesting