How to verify a Text present in the loaded page through WebDriver

Question

I need to verify a Text present in the page through WebDriver. I like to see the result as boolean (true or false). Can any one help on this by giving the WebDriver code?

Answer 1

Note: Not in boolean

WebDriver driver=new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://www.gmail.com");

if(driver.getPageSource().contains("Ur message"))
  {
    System.out.println("Pass");
  }
else
  {
    System.out.println("Fail");
  }

Answer 2

Driver.getPageSource() is a bad way to verify text present. Suppose you say, driver.getPageSource().contains("input"); That doesn't verify "input" is present on the screen, only that "input" is present in the html, like an input tag.

I usually verify text on an element by using xpath:

boolean textFound = false;  
try {
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[contains(text(),'someText')]"));
    textFound = true;
} catch (Exception e) {
    textFound = false;
}

If you want an exact text match, just remove the contains function:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[text()='someText']));

Answer 3

As zmorris points driver.getPageSource().contains("input"); is not the proper solution because it searches in all the html, not only the texts on it. I suggest to check this question: how can I check if some text exist or not in the page? and the recomended way explained by Slanec:

String bodyText = driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).getText();
Assert.assertTrue("Text not found!", bodyText.contains(text));

Answer 4

Yes, you can do that which returns boolean. The following java code in WebDriver with TestNG or JUnit can do:

protected boolean isTextPresent(String text){
    try{
        boolean b = driver.getPageSource().contains(text);
        return b;
    }
    catch(Exception e){
        return false;
    }
  }

Now call the above method as below:

assertTrue(isTextPresent("Your text"));

Or, there is another way. I think, this is the better way:

private StringBuffer verificationErrors = new StringBuffer();
try {
                  assertTrue(driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("BODY")).getText().matches("^[\\s\\S]*    Your text here\r\n\r\n[\\s\\S]*$"));
  } catch (Error e) {
     verificationErrors.append(e.toString());
   }

Answer 5

Below code is most suitable way to verify a text on page. You can use any one out of 8 locators as per your convenience.

String Verifytext= driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).getText().trim(); Assert.assertEquals(Verifytext, "Paste the text here which needs to be verified");

Answer 6

If you are not bothered about the location of the text present, then you could use Driver.PageSource property as below:

Driver.PageSource.Contains("expected message");