Java - Utilize PhantomJS to click on an element

I need help automating test cases headless with Selenium using Java. Despite trying methods described in this Stack Overflow post, I've run into an issue where simply clicking elements is not working with PhantomJS. Instead, a NullPointerException is being thrown.

All the solutions I have come across so far only address the problem in JavaScript.

Does anyone know of a solution that works with Java?

Thank you and best regards,

AcMuDD

Answer №1

To enhance my understanding of working with PhantomJS, I decided to experiment with a simple Google search today. Here are the steps I took:

  1. Open Google (successful)
  2. Take a screenshot (to confirm the page has loaded) (successful)
  3. Attempt to input "Hello" into the search field (unsuccessful)

Here is the code I used:

    System.setProperty("phantomjs.binary.path", "webdriver/phantomjs.exe");
    WebDriver driver = new PhantomJSDriver();

    driver.get("http://google.com");
    Thread.sleep(20000);        
    File file = ((TakesScreenshot)driver).getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
    FileCopyUtils.copy(file, new File("C:/Users/username/Desktop/screenshot.jpg")); 

    Actions a = new Actions(driver);

    a.moveToElement(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id=\"lst-ib\"]"))).click().perform();
    a.sendKeys("Hello").perform();

I tried clicking on the textfield and entering "Hello," but encountered an error - "NoSuchElementException," not "NullPointerException."

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: {"errorMessage":"Unable to find element with xpath '//[@id=\"lst-ib\"]'","request":{"headers":{"Accept-Encoding":"gzip,deflate","Connection":"Keep-Alive","Content-Length":"47","Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Host":"localhost:39266","User-Agent":"Apache-HttpClient/4.5.1 (Java/1.8.0_66)"},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"POST","post":"{\"using\":\"xpath\",\"value\":\"//[@id=\\"lst-ib\\"]\"}","url":"/element","urlParsed":{"anchor":"","query":"","file":"element","directory":"/","path":"/element","relative":"/element","port":"","host":"","password":"","user":"","userInfo":"","authority":"","protocol":"","source":"/element","queryKey":{},"chunks":["element"]},"urlOriginal":"/session/1fae7fb0-3651-11e7-a707-9fe5bd25a173/element"}} Command duration or timeout: 303 milliseconds For documentation on this error, please visit: at [error details]...

Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ScreenshotException: [additional info] at [error details]...

Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: [details] For more information on this error, please visit:

Update 12.05.2017: I came across a solution here:

Using findElementBy.name("q") proved to be effective in locating the WebElement.

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