Challenge with fill method sometimes submitting...

phil...@yahoo.com

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Oct 26, 2016, 9:04:25 PM10/26/16

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Hi:

I am creating a UI test and a simple Logon is not consistently working.

My data is in the following json file:

{
"baseUrl": "http://localhost:20000/",
"userName": "TestUser",
"passWord": "Abc1234!",
"loginForm": "form#loginForm"
}

My logon code is in is own code file:

var loginConfig = require('./loginPage.json');
function Login() {
LoginWith(loginConfig.userName, loginConfig.passWord);
}
function LoginWith(userName, passWord) {
casper.thenOpen(loginConfig.baseUrl, function OnToDoHomePage() {
this.waitForSelector(loginConfig.loginForm);
});
casper.then(function EnterTestUserNameAndPassword() {
var ret = this.fill(loginConfig.loginForm, {
'UserName': userName,
'Password': passWord
}, true);
});
}

The following casper properly submits the form:

casper.test.begin('Testing ToDo Logon', function(test) {
...
casper.start();
casper.then(function LoginWithGood() {
Login();
});
...
});

The following casper does not submits the form:

casper.test.begin( 'Testing ToDo Logon Failure', function(test) {
...
casper.start();
casper.then( function LoginAsBadUser() {
LoginWith( 'TestUser', 'badpassword' );
});
...
});

I capture after the failure to submit the form an the user name and password are filled in the respective input filed, but the page appears to not submitted.

Phil

LoginErr.png

phil...@yahoo.com

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Oct 29, 2016, 12:49:24 PM10/29/16

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Hi All:

Solved it. Just added a delay

this.wait(500);

after the fill. Allow for the service to respond. Unfortunately I cannot figure anything that would be any differently on the page to wait for ...

Phil

Ken

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May 25, 2017, 4:01:55 PM5/25/17

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That's true.. Sometime it is not even whether some text is visible or not. Some delay is usually good after interacting with some elements or filling form. Also, some fields have validation events which add a bit of delay before the next step can be done properly.

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