Handling Page Load Timeouts and Asynchronous Operations

Handling Page Load Timeouts and Asynchronous Operations In web automation, dealing with page load times and asynchronous operations is crucial for reliable tests. Here's how to handle these issues:

✓Handling Page Load Timeouts:

 *SetPage Load Timeout:

  Set a maximum wait time for a page to load.

Example:

driver.manage().timeouts().pageLoadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30));

 This will cause WebDriver to wait up to 30 seconds for a page to load before timing out.

✓Waiting for Elements:

*Use Explicit Waits:

Wait for specific conditions, such as an element becoming visible:

Example

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
wait.until(driver -> ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript
("return window.jQuery != undefined && jQuery.active == 0"));

This approach waits up to 20 seconds for the condition to be met.

*Use Implicit Waits:

Apply a global wait time for element searches:

Example:

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofSeconds(10));

This setting causes WebDriver to wait up to 10 seconds when searching for elements.

✓Handling Asynchronous Operations

*Wait for AJAX Requests:

Ensure that AJAX requests are finished before continuing:

Example:

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
  wait.until(driver -> ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript
       ("return window.jQuery != undefined && jQuery.active == 0"));

This checks if jQuery AJAX requests have completed.

*Wait for JavaScript Execution:

Verify that JavaScript operations are complete:

Example:

WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(20));
  wait.until(driver -> ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript
  ("return document.readyState").equals("complete"));