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Does Watir recognize META HTML element?

Answer 1

A:

Looks like Watir can not access meta tag: meta tag not implemented. You can vote for the ticket, or comment it.

Željko Filipin 2010-08-11 10:55:53

Answer 2

A:

Looks like watir-webdriver can access meta tags:

require "watir-webdriver"
#=> true
browser = Watir::Browser.start "google.com"
browser.meta(:index => 0).html
#=> "<meta xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\" content=\"text/html; charset=UTF-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\" />"

Željko Filipin 2010-08-11 11:04:51

I tried using the above solution but it still gives me error : undefined method `meta' for #<Watir::IE:0x3d5ecf8> (NoMethodError)

QA tester 2010-08-11 16:13:20

Actually I forgot to include webdriver, but now it is unable to find that filec:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- watir-webdriver (LoadError) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'

QA tester 2010-08-11 16:19:21

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.0.6/lib/watir-webdriver/exception.rb:8: superclass mismatch for class UnknownObjectException (TypeError)from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/watir-webdriver-0.0.6/lib/watir-webdriver.rb:6 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `gem_original_require' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:36:in `require'from Live365.rb:2

QA tester 2010-08-11 16:32:22

Did you install watir-webdriver gem? :) http://zeljkofilipin.com/2010/01/12/watir-on-webdriver/

Željko Filipin 2010-08-12 08:07:10

Yes I did install it and it was installed successfully.

QA tester 2010-08-12 15:16:56

I removed require watir statement and it worked. Thanks a lot.

QA tester 2010-08-12 20:52:30

@QA tester: and where did you see in my code `require "watir"`? :) Yes, you should not require both watir and watir-webdriver at the same time.

Željko Filipin 2010-08-13 08:17:42

By the way, it is a custom here to upvote the answer that helped you, and to accept the answer that solved your problem. Just saying. :)

Željko Filipin 2010-08-13 08:18:39

Hi , I tried adding vote but it but gives me message it needs 15 reputation :(.I did accept the answer and thanking you again.

QA tester 2010-08-13 16:10:26

Answer 3

+1 A:

If you're using 'regular' Watir, you can find the meta tags in the html source.

It will depend on which browser you're using, but it will be something like this:

@browser.html #Internet explorer @browser.xml #celerity @browser.html #Firefox

You could then use HPricot or an XML parser to get the meta tags

require 'watir'
require 'hpricot'

$b=IE.start('http://www.google.com')
doc=Hpricot($b.html)
(doc/"meta").each { | tag | puts tag }

This works for me in IE and Firefox.

JaredQ 2010-08-11 11:24:58

Hi, since the above solution works for document.body meta tags not returned. But it is great way to access other tags for which access methods not defined in Watir. Thanks

QA tester 2010-08-11 16:54:55

Thanks for the solution it works.

QA tester 2010-08-16 16:40:42

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