Module: Praline

Defined in:

lib/praline.rb

Overview

Author:

• Antoine d'Otreppe

Instance Method Summary

• #browser ⇒ Selenium::WebDriver::Driver

  Get the WebDriver itself, for in-depth manipulation.

• #follow(link_text) ⇒ Object

  Follow the specified link.

• #h1 ⇒ String

  Get the text of the

  of the current page.

• #input(name, value) ⇒ Object

  Fill an input with the given text.

• #kill_browser ⇒ Object

  Kill the browser.

• #open(url) ⇒ Object

  Load the given URL in the browser.

• #options(select_name) ⇒ Array

  Get the options' text from a specified select.

• #submit(form_name) ⇒ Object

  Submit the specified form.

• #title ⇒ String

  Get the current page title.

Instance Method Details

#browser ⇒ Selenium::WebDriver::Driver

Get the WebDriver itself, for in-depth manipulation

Returns:

• (Selenium::WebDriver::Driver) —

  the driver

# File 'lib/praline.rb', line 76

def browser
    Praline::browser
end

#follow(link_text) ⇒ Object

Follow the specified link

Parameters:

• link_text (String) —

  the text of the link to follow

# File 'lib/praline.rb', line 64

def follow(link_text)
    Praline::browser.find_element(:link, link_text).click
end

#h1 ⇒ String

Get the text of the

of the current page. Will fail if there are several such tags

Returns:

• (String) —

  the text of the single

  tag of the current page

# File 'lib/praline.rb', line 49

def h1
    Praline::browser.find_element(:xpath, "//h1")
end

#input(name, value) ⇒ Object

Fill an input with the given text. Also works with and checkbox elements

Parameters:

• name (String) —

  the html name attribute of the target input

• value (String) —

  the text to be put

# File 'lib/praline.rb', line 36

def input(name, value)
    Praline::browser.find_element(:name, name).send_keys(value)
end

#kill_browser ⇒ Object

Kill the browser. Call this when you are done with your script

# File 'lib/praline.rb', line 82

def kill_browser
    Praline::kill_browser
end

#open(url) ⇒ Object

Load the given URL in the browser

Parameters:

• url (String) —

  the url to open

# File 'lib/praline.rb', line 28

def open(url)
    Praline::browser.get(url)
end

#options(select_name) ⇒ Array

Get the options' text from a specified select

Parameters:

• select_name (String) —

  name of the select you want to poll

Returns:

• (Array) —

  array of the text values of the options in this select

# File 'lib/praline.rb', line 56

def options(select_name)
    select = Praline::browser.find_element(:name, select_name)
    options = select.find_elements(:tag_name, 'option')
    options.map {|option| option.text }
end

#submit(form_name) ⇒ Object

Submit the specified form

Parameters:

• form_name (String) —

  the html name of the form to submit

# File 'lib/praline.rb', line 70

def submit(form_name)
    Praline::browser.find_element(:name, form_name).submit
end

#title ⇒ String

Get the current page title

Returns:

• (String) —

  the contents of the