How to fetch URL of dynamic chrome window using openspan
Scenario : This is related to OpenSpan automation using Chrome. Openspan 19.1.77 is being used
Automation Summary : Open a fixed URL in chrome and fill a textbox of webpage with 3 letters and click on Go button. Webpage will redirect to a new page, find it's URL using openspan.
1. Open given URL (this is fixed value).
2. On the webpage there is a TextBox and a Button named as Go. Input 3 letters in textbox and Click on Go.
3. As a result the Chrome redirects to a new URL based on 3 letter value supplied in textbox.
4. The chrome redirects to a new URL (this is dynamic value).
5. Fetch this new URL
Challenge : How to implement 5th point. I have interrogated the fixed url and then able to fill textbox and click on Go but then the new webpage will open dynamically and it will not be matched by openpan until interrogated. The 3 letter prefix and the New redirect URL are very high in count - may be thousands. How to fetch new URL without interrogating thousands of webpages.
Is it possible to fetch the redirect path of a webpage dynamically in openspan?
Pegasystems Inc.
US
@PiyushT9 I believe your issue is with matching. You should adjust your match rules for the final page such that those match rules apply to any of the pages that can appear. You can use RegEx, StartsWith, etc...to make the rules less specific so that they'd work for any of the pages that appear. That would then give you an object to wait for and also one whose URL you could grab for your requirement.
Updated: 12 Jul 2021 14:07 EDT
NTT DATA Corporation
IN
1. I have first web application (chrome adapter) with accepted domain property as "Contains - ...Pegacloud.net". On this web app we click on a button to launch second webapp.
2. For the second web adaptor I set the accepted domain as " DoesNotContain ...Pegacloud.net". This allows to differentiate between first and second webapp.
3. On the second webapp when we fill a prefix value in textbox and then click on a button, it redirects to some unknown dynamic url. and that also matches (as that would not contain pegacloud.net). Till this point when we close the second webadaptor it works fine as it leaves the pegacloud.net app running and closes other chrome windows.
4. Now the actual issue comes. If any chrome window like google.com or microsoft.com or anything is already open then second webapp never gets launched. Even during interrogation, if any other chrome window is open then matching fails for second webapp.
5. To resolve this I tried to add another condition as "Accepted domain as Doesnotcontain = google.com". But this messes everything and on stopping the adaptor, it closes all chrome windows even first application which has pegacloud.net url. Why is this happening, are there any bugs in accepted domain conditional filters.
1. I have first web application (chrome adapter) with accepted domain property as "Contains - ...Pegacloud.net". On this web app we click on a button to launch second webapp.
2. For the second web adaptor I set the accepted domain as " DoesNotContain ...Pegacloud.net". This allows to differentiate between first and second webapp.
3. On the second webapp when we fill a prefix value in textbox and then click on a button, it redirects to some unknown dynamic url. and that also matches (as that would not contain pegacloud.net). Till this point when we close the second webadaptor it works fine as it leaves the pegacloud.net app running and closes other chrome windows.
4. Now the actual issue comes. If any chrome window like google.com or microsoft.com or anything is already open then second webapp never gets launched. Even during interrogation, if any other chrome window is open then matching fails for second webapp.
5. To resolve this I tried to add another condition as "Accepted domain as Doesnotcontain = google.com". But this messes everything and on stopping the adaptor, it closes all chrome windows even first application which has pegacloud.net url. Why is this happening, are there any bugs in accepted domain conditional filters.
6. As the second webapp will redirect to thousands of websites so I can not know how to match them. And if the matching rules are very generic then it will match general websites as well like google.com. And the Accepted domain is not working as expected.
7. Another observation is that when RDA is running and if I manually try to open any new chrome window by clicking on chrome icon on desktop, it never opensup. But when I close the RDA then chrome opens fine.
8. If there are any good code examples of using accepted domains effectively, please let me know.
Pegasystems Inc.
US
1. I have first web application (chrome adapter) with accepted domain property as "Contains - ...Pegacloud.net". On this web app we click on a button to launch second webapp. 2. For the second web adaptor I set the accepted domain as " DoesNotContain ...Pegacloud.net". This allows to differentiate between first and second webapp. If you specify only DoesNotContain, then be aware that it will essentially recognize every other site you navigate to. 3. On the second webapp when we fill a prefix value in textbox and then click on a button, it redirects to some unknown dynamic url. and that also matches (as that would not contain pegacloud.net) Right, this is the expected behavior when you've told the adapter to exclude everything from pegacloud.net. 4. Now the actual issue comes. If any chrome window like google.com or microsoft.com or anything is already open then second webapp never gets launched. Even during interrogation, if any other chrome window is open then matching fails for second webapp. The Universal Web Adapter (UWA) is best thought of like MonitorAll. The extension (well technically the MessagingHost llaunched by the extension) is what connects the page to the adapters. In this case, it sounds like your second adapter really needs to have the StartMethod of MonitorAll as you don't want it to actually run anything on startup. Set the adapter to StartOnProjectStart and it will basically match anything and everything not in the Pegacloud.net domain. To interrogate, you'd start interrogation on this adapter first before you started interrogation on the other one. When adapter one launches a page not in pegacloud.net, it would match in the second adapter. As for why your applikcation doesn't launch a window if you have anything open, that is more a question for the developer of that application. If you can identify that Pega Robotics is causing the application to behave differently than it does otherwise, I would suggest opening a support request to have that investigated. 5. To resolve this I tried to put "Accepted domain as Doesnotcontain = google.com". But this messes everything and closes even first application which has pegacloud.net url. Why is this happening, are there any bugs in accepted domain conditional filters. I don't believe there are any bugs with this property. Based on what you have described, it is working as expected. The AcceptedDomains property really just limits what that adapter will match against. When you stop the adapter, if you have the BrowserStopMethod set to "LeaveRunning", then no windows will be closed. I believe you'll need this as you will not be able to distinguish which windows are actually ones you care about given your extra-generic AcceptedDomains. 6. As the second webapp will redirect to thousands of websites so I can not know how to match them. And if the matching rules are very generic then it will match general websites as well like google.com. And the Accepted domain is not working as expected. This is correct. Your second adapter is setup such that you have it set to accept everything but pegacloud.net. 7. Another observation is that when RDA is running and if I manually try to open any new chrome window by clicking on chrome icon on desktop, it never opensup. But when I close the RDA then chrome opens fine. This is not behavior I can reproduce. If you believe that Pega Robotics is interfering with the normal operation of an application (like Chrome), then you should open a support request to have that investigated. 8. If there are any good code examples of using accepted domains effectively, please let me know. I don't know of any examples as the property is pretty simple. The property is used to differentiate multiple Universal Web Adapters from each other. I have mainly used it when I want to start and stop each application independently, but gives users the flexibility to launch them however they like. In your case though, I don't believe based on what you've described that you can definitively know what pages are actually part of a given application (since as you say the URL can literally be anything). My suggestion would be that you interrogate the pages you need to in the adapter and the use the BrowserStopMethod to dictate what you close when you stop the adapter. By having it open to everything though, you are at-risk of closing things you don't intend to unless you update the BrowserStopMethod.