We're trying to validate if a URL fires upon loading a web page. Is there a way to do this programmatically using Selenium RC? The event does not appear within the page HTML or DOM.
Thanks.
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Can you specify the URL as part of your test? If so, then what about running a httpd server and checking if it gets a hit when your page loads?
Mark Irvine
2010-10-19 19:59:32
Hmmm...Not sure I understand. Are you saying that in the scenario above, I'd check admeld.com, to see if a 'hit' was registered based on my request? Ideally, I'd like to do this programmatically within the browser itself. These hits are visible in the Net console of Firebug. Any way, I could transfer the Net panel results in a browser, and then simply assert the presence of these "hidden" urls?
Rajat
2010-10-19 21:00:41
No, you don't check admeld.com, you run the http server locally, so you are checking localhost. You can do it programmatically, but you will need to branch out a bit by starting a http server, then tracking events such as page requests to that http server.
Mark Irvine
2010-10-19 21:30:46
I'm not sure if asserting the presence of a url is the same as checking the urls get fired.
Mark Irvine
2010-10-19 21:33:12
Agreed. Though at this stage, I'm only required to assert the presence of these "hidden" URLs. Thanks.
Rajat
2010-10-20 12:59:41