Cannot click on a link that have href='javascript:doPage'

UI.Vision RPA General Discussion
#1

The Report on the application, has Pagination.
The goal is to scrap data from each page.

Pagination links have following stricture
//href=“javascript:doPage(1);”
//href=“javascript:doPage(2);”
//href=“javascript:doPage(3);”
etc.

The solution should be simple.
{
“Command”: “click”,
“Target”: “//a[@href=‘javascript:doPage(1);’]”,
“Value”: “”,
“Description”: “”
}
However, the click in visible on a screen, but next page is not displayed.
See recording

I have trayed deferent approaches, non is working

{
  "Command": "store",
  "Target": "2",
  "Value": "link_position",
  "Description": ""
},
{
  "Command": "XClick",
  "Target": "//a[@href=\"javascript:doPage(${link_position});\"]",
  "Value": "",
  "Description": ""
},
{
  "Command": "click",
  "Target": "//a[@href=\"javascript:doPage(${link_position});\"]",
  "Value": "",
  "Description": ""
},
{
  "Command": "click",
  "Target": "//a[contains(@href, 'javascript:doPage')][${link_position}]",
  "Value": "",
  "Description": ""
},
{
  "Command": "click",
  "Target": "//tr[@class=\"pagging_header\"]//a[${link_position}]",
  "Value": "",
  "Description": ""
},
{
  "Command": "clickAndWait",
  "Target": "linkText=${link_position}",
  "Value": "",
  "Description": ""
}

#2

Try XClick instead of Click, that should solve it.

#3

25 “xCommands” limit per day for non payed UIV version.
The frame work servicing 1500 clients. The boss do not willing to pay :pensive:

#4

I think UIV is very well worth the money, but if you can not afford it right now, see this post for a workaround for unlimited xclicks in the free version:

#5

its 25 per macro run

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#6

Well, it do not help me much
i am scraping data from reports for same User.
Reports may have hundreds of pages

#7

try javascript click

#8

can u please give an example

#9

read javascript DOM click () method
example

document.getElementById('elementID').click();
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#10

well, i have tried it. It is not working for us.
The reports are very old and purely designed. The element do not have id or name
only “href”

<tr class="pagging_header">
  <td colspan="11" align="right">
	  <a href="javascript:doPage(1);">First</a> 
	  <a href="javascript:doPage(2);">2</a> 
	  <a href="javascript:doPage(3);">3</a> 
	  <a href="javascript:doPage(4);">4</a> 
	  <a href="javascript:doPage(5);">5</a> 
	  <a href="javascript:doPage(6);">6</a>
  </td>
</tr>
#11

var x= document.getElementsByTagName(“a”);
x[0].click();

this is just an example

you have to first get tag TR and then loop through tag A

you can get to TR using getElementsByClassName

#12

@admin This issue is not present in UIV v2.2.8.
Please advise. i have trayed all work arounds that have been subjected.
Non working on our portal.

#13

But with XClicks it works, or?

#14

click/xClick with xPath / CSS is not working
I am not able to use getElementsByName or getElementsByClassName, the tag do not have ‘id’ or ‘name’ attributes.
I am was not able to get the solution proposed by @uiuser work. :disappointed:

look like i will have to try to revert to a UIV v6.2.8

#15

try with querySelector()
or querySelectorAll()

#16

thanks for reply, but i am not sure how to do it.
any tutorial that i can look into?

#17 
var x = document.getElementsByClassName("pagging_header")[0].getElementsByTagName("a");
alert (x.length);

run this in chrome console and tell the output

#18

it is not a problem to run it in console as a JS.
I know how.
I need to be able to use this JS in UIVision Click

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#19 
<html>
<body>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">youtube</a> 
<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">google</a>
</html>
</body>



  {
      "Command": "executeScript",
      "Target": "document.getElementsByTagName(\"a\")[0].click();",
      "Value": "",
      "Description": ""
    }
    }
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#20

oh, thanks, will try next week,