[validation] How can I check if some text exist or not in the page using Selenium?

I'm using Selenium WebDriver, how can I check if some text exist or not in the page? Maybe someone recommend me useful resources where I can read about it. Thanks

In python, you can simply check as follow:

# on your `setUp` definition.
from selenium import webdriver
self.selenium = webdriver.Firefox()

self.assertTrue('your text' in self.selenium.page_source)

You could retrieve the body text of the whole page like this:

bodyText = self.driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body').text

then use an assert to check it like this:

self.assertTrue("the text you want to check for" in bodyText)

Of course, you can be specific and retrieve a specific DOM element's text and then check that instead of retrieving the whole page.

string_website.py

search string in webpage

    from selenium import webdriver
    from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
    browser = webdriver.Firefox()
    browser.get("https://www.python.org/")
    content=browser.page_source

    result = content.find('integrate systems')
    print ("Substring found at index:", result ) 

    if (result != -1): 
    print("Webpage OK")
    else: print("Webpage NOT OK")
    #print(content)
    browser.close()

run

python test_website.py
Substring found at index: 26722
Webpage OK

d:\tools>python test_website.py
Substring found at index: -1 ; -1 means nothing found
Webpage NOT OK

This will help you to check whether required text is there in webpage or not.

driver.getPageSource().contains("Text which you looking for");

There is no verifyTextPresent in Selenium 2 webdriver, so you've to check for the text within the page source. See some practical examples below.

Python

In Python driver you can write the following function:

def is_text_present(self, text):
    return str(text) in self.driver.page_source

then use it as:

try: self.is_text_present("Some text.")
except AssertionError as e: self.verificationErrors.append(str(e))

To use regular expression, try:

def is_regex_text_present(self, text = "(?i)Example|Lorem|ipsum"):
    self.assertRegex(self.driver.page_source, text)
    return True

See: FooTest.py file for full example.

Or check below few other alternatives:

self.assertRegexpMatches(self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div/div[1]/label").text, r"^[\s\S]*Weather[\s\S]*$")
assert "Weather" in self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("div.classname1.classname2>div.clearfix>label").text

^{Source: Another way to check (assert) if text exists using Selenium Python}

Java

In Java the following function:

public void verifyTextPresent(String value)
{
  driver.PageSource.Contains(value);
}

and the usage would be:

try
{
  Assert.IsTrue(verifyTextPresent("Selenium Wiki"));
  Console.WriteLine("Selenium Wiki test is present on the home page");
}
catch (Exception)
{
  Console.WriteLine("Selenium Wiki test is not present on the home page");
}

^{Source: Using verifyTextPresent in Selenium 2 Webdriver}

Behat

For Behat, you can use Mink extension. It has the following methods defined in MinkContext.php:

/**
 * Checks, that page doesn't contain text matching specified pattern
 * Example: Then I should see text matching "Bruce Wayne, the vigilante"
 * Example: And I should not see "Bruce Wayne, the vigilante"
 *
 * @Then /^(?:|I )should not see text matching (?P<pattern>"(?:[^"]|\\")*")$/
 */
public function assertPageNotMatchesText($pattern)
{
    $this->assertSession()->pageTextNotMatches($this->fixStepArgument($pattern));
}

/**
 * Checks, that HTML response contains specified string
 * Example: Then the response should contain "Batman is the hero Gotham deserves."
 * Example: And the response should contain "Batman is the hero Gotham deserves."
 *
 * @Then /^the response should contain "(?P<text>(?:[^"]|\\")*)"$/
 */
public function assertResponseContains($text)
{
    $this->assertSession()->responseContains($this->fixStepArgument($text));
}

You can check for text in your page source as follow:

Assert.IsTrue(driver.PageSource.Contains("Your Text Here"))

JUnit+Webdriver

assertEquals(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//this/is/the/xpath/location/where/the/text/sits".getText(),"insert the text you're expecting to see here");

If in the event your expected text doesn't match the xpath text, webdriver will tell you what the actual text was vs what you were expecting.

  boolean Error = driver.getPageSource().contains("Your username or password was incorrect.");
    if (Error == true)
    {
     System.out.print("Login unsuccessful");
    }
    else
    {
     System.out.print("Login successful");
    }

Python:

driver.get(url)
content=driver.page_source
if content.find("text_to_search"): 
    print("text is present in the webpage")

Download the html page and use find()

In c# this code will help you to check whether required text is there in webpage or not.

Assert.IsTrue(driver.PageSource.Contains("Type your text here"));