JMeter Groovy - WebDriver Sampler Dynamic Name with Response Code 500

Question

I have tired to below code and variable with JMeter Groovy WebDriver Sampler. It's not working and return the Response Code 500 "ElementNotInteractableException: element not interactable". But I hard code the variable name and working find. The problem of XML variable is Dynamic and the numbers will be changed for every time loading from the Chrome. Can you please advise?

Variable not working: WDS.browser.findElement(org.openqa.selenium.By.xpath("//ul[contains(@id,'dropdown-menu-')]/li")).click();

Variable working fine: WDS.browser.findElement(org.openqa.selenium.By.xpath("//ul[@id='dropdown-menu-2724']/li")).click();

I also tried with below codes but didn't work.

WDS.browser.findElement(org.openqa.selenium.By.xpath("//ul[contains(@id,'dropdown-menu-')]/li")).sendKeys("dropdown-menu-"); WDS.browser.findElement(org.openqa.selenium.By.xpath("//ul[starts-with(@id,'dropdown-menu-')]/li")).sendKeys("dropdown-menu-");

below codes also don't work:

WDS.browser.findElement(org.openqa.selenium.By.id("dropdown-menu-").sendKeys("dropdown-menu-")); WDS.browser.findElement(org.openqa.selenium.By.id("dropdown-menu-").sendKeys(Keys.ENTER));

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Answer 1

My expectation is that when you use contains() function it tries to click the first element which is found and most probably the one you're trying to click is not the first one matching your XPath query.

We cannot suggest a better way of finding the element without seeing full response, however I would suggest sticking to this Confirm text and then calculating the preceding-sibling, see XPath Axes article.

Your selector must be:

1. Unique
2. Matching exactly the element you want to interact with
3. The element needs to be visible
4. The element needs to be clickable

Selectors can be tested using i.e. browser developer tools

You can also see Mixing Selenium Into Your Load Scenario article