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Table Assertions

Table Assertions

Learn how to assert a table using Selenium.

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Assert table text

HTML tables are commonly used for displaying grid data on web pages.

The source code for above HTML table is as follows:

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<table id="aha_table" cellpadding="1" border="1" width="30%">
  <tr id="row_1">
    <td id="cell_1_1">A</td>
    <td id="cell_1_2">B</td>
  </tr>
  <tr id="row_2">
    <td id="cell_2_1">a</td>
    <td id="cell_2_2">b</td>
  </tr>
</table>

We can assert the text in this table as:

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driver.findElement(By.id("alpha_table")).getText().then(function(the_elem_text){ 
  assert.equal("A B\na b", the_elem_text);
});    
driver.findElement(By.id("alpha_table")).then(function(the_element) {
  driver.executeScript("return arguments[0].outerHTML;", the_element).then(  
    function(the_elem_html) {
      assert(the_element_html.contains("<td id=\"cell_1_1\">A</td>"))
  });    
});

The above script is asserting the text of the first table cell, ...