Asp Forum - Accessing URL links inside of Tables

Matty Diefs

5/24/2008 9:21:00 PM

Hello:

This is my first post in this forum.

I am a member of a QA/testing team for a software company in NYC. We
have decided recently to begin the development of scripting tools to
automate repetitive tasks used during our testing cycles. We have
decided to use Ruby. Although we have admired Ruby from afar for some
time now we have yet to actually make use of it.

So far we are coding simple scripts to create user accounts for testing;
this activity always absorbs incredible amounts of time and interrupts
our testing procedures, hence the need for automation.

What we have created in Ruby the last few days has been very exciting
and it convinces us of the power and beauty of this language.

Working remotely from home today on this project I have been attempting
to access the backend Admin controls for the company/site, that is, I'm
developing a script to automate this process in order for "users" to be
created for our upcoming testing cycle purposes.

This process is straight-foward: logging in via a two-step process to
ensure security. The script is simple and works up unto the point that
I must actually select a link to continue further (after log-in).

The following code is an anonymous version of the actual code I am using
(real links, passwords, etc altered:

1 require 'watir'
2 ie = Watir::IE.new
3 ie.maximize
4 ie.goto('https://main2.site.org/de...)

#ie warning page bypass
5 ie.link(:text, "Continue to this website (not recommended).").click

#remote login set
6 ie.text_field(:name, "who").set("tom")
7 ie.text_field(:name, "who1").set("smith")
8 ie.text_field(:name, "what1").set("main site")
9 ie.text_field(:name, "when1").set("today")
10 ie.button(:value, "go").click

#primary login set
11 ie.text_field(:name, "nickname").set("bluejay")
12 ie.text_field(:name, "password").set("password1")
13 ie.button(:value, "Login").click

#select link to continue to User account creation
14 ie.link(:text, 'OA Management').click

----------------
Line 14 of the above code is where I am stuck; I have tried many
variations of activating the link ('OA Management' being the string
available in the code I'm referencing). I have researched the different
methods all day but with no results.
----------------

The following snippet is source code indicating the link(last <li>
line):


<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="menuboxheaderL">Manage Registration</td>
<td class="menuboxheaderR"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="menuboxline" colspan="2"><img src="images/spacer.gif" alt=""
width="1" height="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="menuboxbody" colspan="2">
<ul class="menuboxlist">
<li><a href="dev/setup_premain.asp?qyz=xGfkTgWcUOQVYblhJkG">OA
Management</a></li>

---------------

Thank-you in advance for any help or hints.

Regards,
Matty D.
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3 Answers

Phlip

5/24/2008 10:08:00 PM

> I am a member of a QA/testing team for a software company in NYC. We
> have decided recently to begin the development of scripting tools to
> automate repetitive tasks used during our testing cycles. We have
> decided to use Ruby. Although we have admired Ruby from afar for some
> time now we have yet to actually make use of it.

What language is your program's source in?

Are your developers writing unit tests, in that language? or are they
spending all their time debugging?

To help them write unit tests, you should write automated tests in the same
language as they are using.

Axel Etzold

5/25/2008 2:41:00 PM

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Sun, 25 May 2008 06:20:48 +0900
> Von: Matty Diefs <neudev@gmail.com>
> An: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Betreff: Accessing URL links inside of Tables

> Hello:
>
> This is my first post in this forum.
>
> I am a member of a QA/testing team for a software company in NYC. We
> have decided recently to begin the development of scripting tools to
> automate repetitive tasks used during our testing cycles. We have
> decided to use Ruby. Although we have admired Ruby from afar for some
> time now we have yet to actually make use of it.
>
> So far we are coding simple scripts to create user accounts for testing;
> this activity always absorbs incredible amounts of time and interrupts
> our testing procedures, hence the need for automation.
>
> What we have created in Ruby the last few days has been very exciting
> and it convinces us of the power and beauty of this language.
>
> Working remotely from home today on this project I have been attempting
> to access the backend Admin controls for the company/site, that is, I'm
> developing a script to automate this process in order for "users" to be
> created for our upcoming testing cycle purposes.
>
> This process is straight-foward: logging in via a two-step process to
> ensure security. The script is simple and works up unto the point that
> I must actually select a link to continue further (after log-in).
>
> The following code is an anonymous version of the actual code I am using
> (real links, passwords, etc altered:
>
>
> 1 require 'watir'
> 2 ie = Watir::IE.new
> 3 ie.maximize
> 4 ie.goto('https://main2.site.org/de...)
>
> #ie warning page bypass
> 5 ie.link(:text, "Continue to this website (not recommended).").click
>
> #remote login set
> 6 ie.text_field(:name, "who").set("tom")
> 7 ie.text_field(:name, "who1").set("smith")
> 8 ie.text_field(:name, "what1").set("main site")
> 9 ie.text_field(:name, "when1").set("today")
> 10 ie.button(:value, "go").click
>
> #primary login set
> 11 ie.text_field(:name, "nickname").set("bluejay")
> 12 ie.text_field(:name, "password").set("password1")
> 13 ie.button(:value, "Login").click
>
> #select link to continue to User account creation
> 14 ie.link(:text, 'OA Management').click
>
> ----------------
> Line 14 of the above code is where I am stuck; I have tried many
> variations of activating the link ('OA Management' being the string
> available in the code I'm referencing). I have researched the different
> methods all day but with no results.
> ----------------

Hello Matty,

unfortunately, I can't help you with Watir, as it's Windows-specific,
but have you looked at ---

Mechanize ttp://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/
Rubyful Soup http://www.crummy.com/software/Ru...

or, for Windows-software button-clicking :

AutoIT (that's not Ruby, but nice anyway) http://www.autoitscript.co...

Best regards,

Axel

>
> The following snippet is source code indicating the link(last <li>
> line):
>
>
> 
> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
> <tr>
> <td class="menuboxheaderL">Manage Registration</td>
> <td class="menuboxheaderR"> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td class="menuboxline" colspan="2"><img src="images/spacer.gif" alt=""
> width="1" height="3"></td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td class="menuboxbody" colspan="2">
> <ul class="menuboxlist">
> <li><a href="dev/setup_premain.asp?qyz=xGfkTgWcUOQVYblhJkG">OA
> Management</a></li>
>
> ---------------
>
> Thank-you in advance for any help or hints.
>
> Regards,
> Matty D.
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-....

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Matty Diefs

5/25/2008 2:48:00 PM

Axel Etzold wrote:
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Sun, 25 May 2008 06:20:48 +0900
>> Von: Matty Diefs <neudev@gmail.com>
>> An: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
>> Betreff: Accessing URL links inside of Tables
>
>> So far we are coding simple scripts to create user accounts for testing;
>>
>> 3 ie.maximize
>> 10 ie.button(:value, "go").click
>> Line 14 of the above code is where I am stuck; I have tried many
>> variations of activating the link ('OA Management' being the string
>> available in the code I'm referencing). I have researched the different
>> methods all day but with no results.
>> ----------------
>
>
> Hello Matty,
>
> unfortunately, I can't help you with Watir, as it's Windows-specific,
> but have you looked at ---
>
> Mechanize ttp://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/
> Rubyful Soup http://www.crummy.com/software/Ru...
>
> or, for Windows-software button-clicking :
>
> AutoIT (that's not Ruby, but nice anyway)
> http://www.autoitscript.co...
>
> Best regards,
>
> Axel

Axel:

Thank-you very much for your reply and suggestions.

Regards,
Matty
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