Wait time out error in selenium-webdriver and phantomJS

Question

I am writing my automated test scripts using selenium-webdriver, phantomJS and mocha.

My script file is javascript file by nature.

I want to wait till an element() becomes completely visible. After it becomes visible, the element will be clicked.

Let me explain in details:

There are some menus and submenus. The menu is collapsible in nature. When I click on a menu, then its corresponding submenus are displayed.

My following script first iterates(And clicks) through the menu and then iterates and (should be) clicking the submenu.

for(var iMajor = 2; iMajor <= majorLinkLast ; iMajor++)
{   
    (function(iMajor){
        majorMenuXPath = "//ul[contains(@id, 'side-menu')]/li["+iMajor+"]/a";
        if(iMajor != 2)
        {
            driver.findElement(By.xpath(majorMenuXPath)).click().then((function(iMajor){
                for(var iMinor = 1; iMinor <= minorSize[iMajor] ; iMinor++)
                {
                    (function(iMajor, iMinor){
                        minorMenuXPath = "//ul[contains(@id, 'side-menu')]/li["+iMajor+"]/ul/li["+iMinor+"]/a";
                        driver.findElement(By.xpath(minorMenuXPath)).then(function(eleMinor){
                            driver.wait(function(){
                                    return eleMinor.isDisplayed();
                                }, 20000).then(function(){
                                    eleMinor.isDisplayed().then(function(stat){
                                    console.log(stat);
                                });
                            });
                        });
                    })(iMajor,iMinor)
                }
            })(iMajor));
        } 

    })(iMajor)
}

But I am getting message like this:

Track Revenue
Track Revenue
Track Revenue
Track Revenue
Track Revenue
Track Revenue
Campaigns
    1) View page by clicking menu


  2 passing (1m)
  1 failing

  1) TrackRevenue Click Menu Test View page by clicking menu:
     Error: timeout of 50000ms exceeded. Ensure the done() callback is being cal
led in this test.

Why am I getting such output?

The title should have been different.

Please help.

How is this question duplicate of the one you mentioned? It specifically involves selenium issues. — Sunaina Singh, Sep 03 '15 at 10:44

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '15 at 08:30

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Try to wait for element to be displayed before clicking on it. When you say that you are getting the displayed status as true, selenium waits for few seconds (default timeout interval) before throwing error and meanwhile your element gets displayed, so its printing true in console. In order to click on the required element, first wait for it to get displayed. Here's how to do it -

var ele = driver.findElement(By.xpath(minorMenuXPath));
driver.wait(function() {
    return ele.isDisplayed();
}, 20000)
.then(function(){
    ele.click();
});

Hope this helps.

answered Sep 03 '15 at 08:30

giri-sh

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`var ele = driver.findElement(By.xpath(minorMenuXPath)); driver.wait(function() { return ele.isDisplayed(); }, 20000) .then(function(){ ele.click(); driver.getTitle().then(function(title) { console.log(title); }); });` Nothing is displayed. – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 08:46
Your click is working now? or its failing along with getting title? – giri-sh Sep 03 '15 at 09:50
Its failing along. Lets me update my question, based on your answer – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 09:53
@SunainaSingh your script is printing the same value everytime because for loop is being executed without waiting for any element to be found and console logged. To resolve this issue here's a link. Your loops should also be similar to it - [http://stackoverflow.com/a/27910350/4180674](http://stackoverflow.com/a/27910350/4180674) or [http://stackoverflow.com/a/23635357/4180674](http://stackoverflow.com/a/23635357/4180674) – giri-sh Sep 03 '15 at 10:13
Could you help me is rearranging my code? I would be grateful. – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 10:24
Here's a small [gist](https://gist.github.com/girishsortur/223ebe6cd92b8c2e3b70) to help you – giri-sh Sep 03 '15 at 10:56
Thanks, but it states funcs is not defined – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 11:00
updated gist to remove the funcs variable. – giri-sh Sep 03 '15 at 11:04
Now its stating unexpected Token – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 11:06
Can you create a gist of your complete file or update the existing gist that i shared above? and comment there so that we can resolve it. – giri-sh Sep 03 '15 at 11:10
How can I create a gist? – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 11:21
Hello, How can I update the gist? – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 11:36
Go to github and login with your id. Later click on gists link on top and then create one with your code. – giri-sh Sep 03 '15 at 11:45
I don't have any github id of my own. Can I use someone else's? – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 11:50
Here's the [https://gist.github.com/sunainasingh/266028ea5a587e098b51] – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 11:58
Hello, are you there? – Sunaina Singh Sep 03 '15 at 12:25
I saw your code and it looks ok. Remove the semi-colon's at the end of functions(). Also can you paste your complete error logs as well in a gist or update it here. – giri-sh Sep 03 '15 at 13:31

Wait time out error in selenium-webdriver and phantomJS

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