Firefox browser _WD_Attach - cannot find elements (I think the Attach is working)

[dgendrud]

I have not been successful in getting WD Attach to work with Firefox browser, I understand it should work with Firefox.  The code and element in this test code works correctly in retrieving a column of data when the site is opened with webdriver. I copied this section of working code directly from another working script (where the site is opened with webdriver).  When I run this code on the same site, but open it manually and attach, the element is not found.  I have tried several other sites & elements with the same result - element not found.  I think, based on the geckodriver output, that the "WD attach" is working.  I would like some direction on how to solve this issue.

Thanks

Doug

 

 

 

WDattachTesting.au3 Geckodriver and console outputs.docx

[Danp2]

I'll try to look at your attachments later, but wanted to comment on the usage of _WD_Attach. This function works with all supported browsers.  Where you may be running into trouble is attempting to attach to a browser instance that was opened separately.

[dgendrud]

Ok, Thanks.  I have a situation where I access my brokerage account website and sign in it always works fine.  If I open a Firefox browser window in Web driver and navigate to the same sign in site and put a "wait to sign in MsgBox to stop the script", the navigation works to access the sign in site but when I try to sign in it won't accept my username and password.   Maybe there is a solution to that, but I think I need to access and sign in to the site manually with Firefox, and then attach to it after signin.  Comments?  This is my bank/brokerage account so maybe the security is unusually high??

 

 

[Danp2]

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_WD_Startup: Webdriver UDF:   1.1.1 (Update available)

Please update to the latest release of the UDF

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_WD_Attach ==> No match [8] : Parameters:    Search=High-Growth    Mode=Title

This is telling you that it couldn't find a tab with that title. Change your $_WD_DEBUG to $_WD_DEBUG_Full to obtain a more detailed log in the Scite console

[dgendrud]

OK Thanks, will do.

 

[dgendrud]

Still trying to attach to an already open website.  I updated the Webdriver UDF and changed the debug to (1).  I setup a simple test to access a single element text on the Yahoo Finance website.  Navigating to this site using Webdriver and accessing the element text works.  However going to this site manually using Firefox and trying to attach and access the element does not.  Maybe I'm missing what the "_WD_Attach" is intended for?

The attach command shows a no match (8)

 

WDattachTesting_Yahoo.au3

[Danp2]

It sounds like you are trying to attach to a browser instance that wasn't opened using Webdriver. This won't work unless you launched the browser using special parameters. Check out the Wiki FAQ section for more details.

[dgendrud]

Yes, I had looked through that FAQ before, it looked complicated and I didn't study it enough to figure out that it was the answer.  I have run it a few times now, and am working to modify it for my application.  It seems this will work for me, I will know soon.

Thanks again for the advice, don't know if I would have eventually got back there on my own!

 

 

[dgendrud]

I'm working on modifying this FAQ example script, but I don't see that it actually attaches to an existing browser tab (not originally navigated to with webdriver).  It still navigates to the site, after creating the firefox browsing instance window.  This seems no different than just creating a session and navigating directly to the site desired.  See my minimal modifications, I only modified the Firefox binary location and the desired site to attach to, and changed the WD_Navigate to WD_Attach, which does not work.  I have the desired site open in a tab, and I get a no-match (8) error, with either Title or UDF method.

My basic issue is that If I navigate to my bank/brokerage account using a script, it will not let me sign in.  I assume it knows a script, or something similar,  is being used.  I have several other trading type sites (zacks.com for example) that I can navigate to with the script and sign in with no issue.  But not my bank.

 

Attach_sample.au3

[Danp2]

There are some sites that will detect the presence of Webdriver and refuse to be automated. There may be a way to bypass their checks, but let's deal with that later. Since we can't fully test your process, it could be helpful to see the full console output. Be sure to add this at the top of your script --

$_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_DEBUG_Full

 

Edit: It worked fine in my testing. I manually opened multiple tabs (the PNC website and Google) in between runs. Here's my console output --

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>"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\Users\danpo\Downloads\Attach_sample.au3" /UserParams    
@@ Debug(63) : $RunBySciTE = True
>Error code: 0
+>08:38:25 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper (23.402.1150.0) from:SciTE.exe (5.3.5.0)  Keyboard:00000409  OS:WIN_11/2009  CPU:X64 OS:X64  Environment(Language:0409)  CodePage:0  utf8.auto.check:4
+>         SciTEDir => C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE   UserDir => C:\Users\danpo\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper   SCITE_USERHOME => C:\Users\danpo\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE 
>Running AU3Check (3.3.16.1)  from:C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3  input:C:\Users\danpo\Downloads\Attach_sample.au3
+>08:38:26 AU3Check ended. rc:0
>Running:(3.3.16.1):C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Users\danpo\Downloads\Attach_sample.au3"    
+>Setting Hotkeys...--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart. --> Press Ctrl+BREAK to Stop.
_WD_GetBrowserPath ==> Success [0 / 2] : Parameters:    Browser=firefox
_WD_GetBrowserVersion ==> Success [0 / 2] : Parameters:    Browser=firefox
_WD_GetWebDriverVersion ==> Success [0 / 0] : Parameters:    Dir=C:\Users\danpo\Downloads\    EXE=geckodriver.exe
__WD_GetLatestWebdriverInfo ==> Success [0 / 0]
_WD_UpdateDriver ==> Success [0 / 0] : DriverCurrent = 0.33.0 : DriverLatest = 0.33.0
_WD_Option ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Option=Driver   Value=geckodriver.exe
_WD_Option ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Option=Port   Value=4444
_WD_Option ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Option=DefaultTimeout   Value=1000
_WD_Option ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Option=DriverParams   Value=--log trace --marionette-port 2828 --connect-existing
_WD_GetFreePort ==> Success [0 / 4444] : Parameters:   MinPort=4444   MaxPort=Default
_WD_IsLatestRelease ==> Success [0] : True
_WD_Startup: OS:    WIN_11 X64 22621 
_WD_Startup: AutoIt:    3.3.16.1
_WD_Startup: Webdriver UDF: 1.2.0 (Up to date)
_WD_Startup: WinHTTP:   1.6.4.2
_WD_Startup: Driver:    geckodriver.exe (32 Bit)
_WD_Startup: Params:    --log trace --marionette-port 2828 --connect-existing
_WD_Startup: Port:  4444
_WD_Startup: Command:   "geckodriver.exe" --log trace --marionette-port 2828 --connect-existing 
_WD_Startup ==> Success [0]
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:4444/session; Data={"capabilities":{}}
__WD_Post ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200 ResponseText={"value":{"sessionId":"0aea8d99-d71e-4a1d-844a-4f9b96589158","capabilities":{"acceptInsecureCerts":false,"browserName":"firefox","browserVersion":"117.0.1","moz:accessibilityChecks":false,"moz:buildID":"20230912013654","moz:geckodriverVersion":"0.33.0","moz:headless":false,"moz:platformVersion":"10.0","moz:processID":34052,"moz:profile":"C:\\Users\\danpo\\AppData\\Local\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\WD_Testing_Profile","moz:shutdownTimeout":60000,"moz:webdriverClick":true,"moz:windowless":false,"pageLoadStrategy":"normal","platformName":"windows","proxy":{},"setWindowRect":true,"strictFileInteractability":false,"timeouts":{"implicit":0,"pageLoad":300000,"script":30000},"unhandledPromptBehavior":"dismiss and notify"}}}
_WD_CreateSession ==> Success [0] : 0aea8d99-d71e-4a1d-844a-4f9b96589158
__WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:4444/session/0aea8d99-d71e-4a1d-844a-4f9b96589158/window/handles
__WD_Get ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200 ResponseText={"value":["833a8cba-f03d-4433-83d9-07e927e5f2bf","fc91fc95-7ba4-43ed-8da7-9d6681a31dcf"]}
_WD_Window ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Command=handles   Option=Default
__WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:4444/session/0aea8d99-d71e-4a1d-844a-4f9b96589158/window
__WD_Get ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200 ResponseText={"value":"fc91fc95-7ba4-43ed-8da7-9d6681a31dcf"}
_WD_Window ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Command=window   Option=Default
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:4444/session/0aea8d99-d71e-4a1d-844a-4f9b96589158/window; Data={"handle":"833a8cba-f03d-4433-83d9-07e927e5f2bf"}
__WD_Post ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200 ResponseText={"value":null}
_WD_Window ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Command=Switch   Option={"handle":"833a8cba-f03d-4433-83d9-07e927e5f2bf"}
__WD_Get: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:4444/session/0aea8d99-d71e-4a1d-844a-4f9b96589158/title
__WD_Get ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200 ResponseText={"value":"PNC Personal Banking"}
_WD_Action ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Command=Title   Option=Default
_WD_Attach ==> Success [0] : Parameters:    Search=Banking    Mode=Title
__WD_Post: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:4444/session/0aea8d99-d71e-4a1d-844a-4f9b96589158/refresh; Data={}
__WD_Post ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200 ResponseText={"value":null}
_WD_Action ==> Success [0] : Parameters:   Command=REFRESH   Option=Default
__WD_Delete: URL=HTTP://127.0.0.1:4444/session/0aea8d99-d71e-4a1d-844a-4f9b96589158
__WD_Delete ==> Success [0] : HTTP status = 200 ResponseText={"value":null}
_WD_DeleteSession ==> Success [0] : WebDriver session deleted
+>08:38:51 AutoIt3 ended. rc:0
+>08:38:51 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 0    Time: 25.7

 

Edited September 25, 2023 by Danp2