exists(id=' ') method always returns True

[revshell0]

@nateshmbhat The exists() method with any constructor inside it, always returns True despite entering random values.

You can try this code snippet. It always returns True.

from webbot import Browser

driver = Browser()
driver.go_to('https://github.com/login')

print(driver.exists(id='1234qwerty'))
print(driver.exists(css_selector='input[name="8888888"]'))
print(driver.exists(xpath='//input[@id="asdfg"]'))

Could you please check and fix this bug? My QA code makes extensive use of 'exists()' method. It will be very helpful. Thanks.

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[nateshmbhat]

Hey can you check if this is happening in previous versions of webbot ?

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[nateshmbhat]

Can you check if this is happening in previous versions of webbot?

[nateshmbhat]

You can use the driver object directly.

web.driver.find_element_by_id()

There are methods on the driver object to find element by ID, css and XPath.

[revshell0]

@nateshmbhat What I had originally written was not a bug. That's the intended behaviour. I misunderstood it.

The exists() method expects a text as an argument and that text is actually the name of the element itself and NOT the value present within the element.

Meaning, driver.exists('username', id='username') checks whether 'username' is infact the name of the element with 'username' id. That's how you check whether an element exists or not.

Cheers!