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InternetExplorerDriver.getPageSource() returns empty string #3218

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lukeis opened this issue Mar 3, 2016 · 3 comments
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InternetExplorerDriver.getPageSource() returns empty string #3218

lukeis opened this issue Mar 3, 2016 · 3 comments

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lukeis commented Mar 3, 2016

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 3218

Hi all,

I'm testing Selenium for using into a project. I'm trying to create a very simple test
to be run as JUnit test case. The test loads google main page and try to write something
in the textbox. This is my code:

public class SeleniumTest
{
    private WebDriver driver;

    @Before
    public void SetUp()
    {
        //driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
        //driver = new HtmlUnitDriver();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    }

    @Test
    public synchronized void Test()
    {
        driver.get("http://www.google.com");

        System.out.println("PageSource: " + driver.getPageSource());

        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div/input")).clear();
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div/input")).sendKeys("test");
    }
}

When I run the test using FirefoxDriver or HtmlUnitDriver it runs ok, and driver.getPageSource()
returns the source of the page. But If I run the test using InternetExplorerDriver,
driver.getPageSource() returns an empty string and driver.findElement doesn't find
the textbox (I suppose it doesn't loads the page or the page is not loaded yet). Below
are the system details and the stack trace that I obtain when I use InternetExplorerDriver.
Is anyone else having the same problem? Is something wrong in my configuration? 

Selenium version: 2.17.0
OS: Windows XP
Browser: Internet Explorer
Brower version: 8

Trace: org.openqa.selenium.InvalidSelectorException: The xpath expression '//div/input'
cannot be evaluated or does notresult in a WebElement (WARNING: The server did not
provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 172 milliseconds
For documentation on this error, please visit: http://seleniumhq.org/exceptions/invalid_selector_exception.html
Build info: version: '2.17.0', revision: '15540', time: '2012-01-16 16:52:31'
System info: os.name: 'Windows XP', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '5.1', java.version:
'1.6.0_26'
Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:147)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:113)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:439)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:226)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElementByXPath(RemoteWebDriver.java:299)
    at org.openqa.selenium.By$ByXPath.findElement(By.java:344)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:218)
    at com.csc.test.SeleniumTest.Test(SeleniumTest.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
    at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:44)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:15)
    at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:41)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:20)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:28)
    at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:31)
    at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runNotIgnored(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:79)
    at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:71)
    at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:49)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:193)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:52)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:191)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:42)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:184)
    at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:236)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:50)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:467)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:683)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:390)
    at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:197)


Thanks in advance.



Reported by rodrigolanza on 2012-01-17 11:54:32

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lukeis commented Mar 3, 2016

I repeat the same test on a fresh install of Windows XP and it works OK! It should be
produced by a Internet Explorer security policy of my company.

Reported by rodrigolanza on 2012-01-18 17:01:46

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lukeis commented Mar 3, 2016

Reported by dawagner on 2012-01-18 17:47:25

  • Status changed: Invalid

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lukeis commented Mar 3, 2016

Reported by luke.semerau on 2015-09-17 18:14:37

  • Labels added: Restrict-AddIssueComment-Commit

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