Phantomjs: PhantomJS doesn't work COMPLETELY!!Please see a code and issue below.

[Denchik1987]

1. Which version of PhantomJS are you using? Tip: run phantomjs --version.
   I using the latest satbel version 2.1.1

2. What steps will reproduce the problem?

   1. This is my code below: (Actually I tied several different variations)

   case PhantomJSDriver:

               DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
               caps.setJavascriptEnabled(true);
               caps.setCapability("takesScreenshot", true);
               File file = new File("//Users//denisbondya/Desktop//All Jars Repository//phantomjs-2.1.1-macosx//bin//phantomjs");
               caps.setCapability(PhantomJSDriverService.PHANTOMJS_EXECUTABLE_PATH_PROPERTY,
                       file.getAbsolutePath());
             //System.setProperty("phantomjs.binary.path", "//Users//denisbondya//Documents//workspace//V2_MainSite_SmokeAutomation//PhantomJs//phantomjs");
   
       driver =new PhantomJSDriver(caps);
   
   

It looks like that it starts working but it doesn't see any xpath I am facing this issue:

phantomjs://platform/console++.js:263 in error
[ERROR - 2017-03-27T15:32:19.493Z] WebElementLocator - _handleLocateCommand - Element(s) NOT Found: GAVE UP. Search Stop Time: 1490628739457

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3.

1. Which operating system are you using?

macOS Sierra
Version 10.12.3

1. Did you use binary PhantomJS or did you compile it from source?
   I am using binary version but tried to compile as well.
2. Please provide any additional information below.

[vitallium]

cc @jesg

[jesg]

@Denchik1987 can you give the version of phantomjsdriver and selenium you are using?

example html would be helpful. do other selectors work?

[Denchik1987]

My selenium version is 3.2.0 and Phantom is 2.1.1
It gives me this weird error

phantomjs://platform/console++.js:263 in error
[ERROR - 2017-03-28T17:42:05.093Z] WebElementLocator - _handleLocateCommand - Element(s) NOT Found: GAVE UP. Search Stop Time: 1490722925060

phantomjs://platform/console++.js:263 in error
[ERROR - 2017-03-28T17:42:05.887Z] WebElementLocator - _handleLocateCommand - Element(s) NOT Found: GAVE UP. Search Stop Time: 1490722925861

phantomjs://platform/console++.js:263 in error
[ERROR - 2017-03-28T17:42:06.702Z] WebElementLocator - _handleLocateCommand - Element(s) NOT Found: GAVE UP. Search Stop Time: 1490722926651

phantomjs://platform/console++.js:263 in error
[ERROR - 2017-03-28T17:42:07.502Z] WebElementLocator - _handleLocateCommand - Element(s) NOT Found: GAVE UP. Search Stop Time: 1490722927470

phantomjs://platform/console++.js:263 in error
[ERROR - 2017-03-28T17:42:07.793Z] WebElementLocator - _handleLocateCommand - Element(s) NOT Found: GAVE UP. Search Stop Time: 1490722927767

[Denchik1987]

FInally I came up with this code :
It starts working but I have the same problem. It says that unable to locate an element by XPATH. On Chrome, Firefox, Safari everything works just perfect. I put explicit wait, located elements by ID. This f.... ing Phantom doesn't work at all

String[] cli_args = new String[]{ "--ssl-protocol=any", "--ignore-ssl-errors=true", "--web-security=false" };
                DesiredCapabilities caps = new DesiredCapabilities();
                caps.setJavascriptEnabled(true);
                caps.setCapability("takesScreenshot", true);
                File file = new File("//Users//denisbondya/Desktop//All Jars Repository//phantomjs-2.1.1-macosx//bin//phantomjs");
                caps.setCapability( PhantomJSDriverService.PHANTOMJS_CLI_ARGS, cli_args );
                caps.setCapability(PhantomJSDriverService.PHANTOMJS_EXECUTABLE_PATH_PROPERTY,
                        file.getAbsolutePath());
      driver =new PhantomJSDriver(caps);
        driver.manage().window().setSize(new Dimension(1280, 1024));

[jesg]

@Denchik1987 so locating elements by id works but locating by xpath does not work? does it also fail for expressions of the form //<tag name>[@id='<my-id>'] or //*[@id='<my-id>'].

can you provide some html here or on jsfiddle? also provide the xpath expression you are using.

[Denchik1987]

Please see all my xpath below. In my tests I always find some unique div which has @id and then start initializing other elements . Everything works just fine on other browsers (Chrome, IE, Safari, Firefox) . I am just completely stuck with headless browser.

@FindBy(how=How.XPATH, using = "//div[@data-automation-id='container:category_menu']/child::a[3]")
private WebElement cartridgesDropDownHeader;




@FindBy(how=How.XPATH, using = "//div[@data-automation-id='container:category_menu']/child::a[4]")
private WebElement e_LiquidsDropDown;





@FindBy(how=How.XPATH, using = "//div[@data-automation-id='container:category_menu']/child::a[5]")
private WebElement accessoiresButtonHeader;




@FindBy(how=How.XPATH, using = "//div[@data-automation-id='container:category_menu']/child::a[6]")
private WebElement saleDropDown;






@FindBy(how=How.XPATH, using = "//div[@data-automation-id='container:category_menu']/child::a[7]")
private WebElement videosButton;

[jesg]

phantomjs 2.1.1 on 64bit linux //div[@data-automation-id='container:category_menu']/child::a[3] finds the element correctly. i need to check the behaviour on a mac.

does the html below look correct? do you have iframes in your html?

<html>
    <head>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div>
            <div data-automation-id='container:category_menu'>
                <a href='#' id=1 >1</a>
                <a href='#' id=2 >2</a>
                <a href='#' id=3 >3</a>
                <a href='#' id=4 >4</a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

[Denchik1987]

The trick is that it works fine on windows. It looks like some compatibility issues with Mac. But at my work we can't use windows.(only Mac)
Please anybody HELP!!!!!!

[twalpole]

@Denchik1987 In case you didn't realize @jesg is trying to help you - answer the questions or provide your HTML so the issue can be reproduced - Without that there's no way to diagnose your issue.

[Denchik1987]

Thank you so much. Please see a screenshot attached below. There is a unique @id for the container and then I just put slash child:: etc..

[Denchik1987]

I am sorry Above one is a wrong one!!

[jesg]

@Denchik1987 i'm not able to reproduce the issue on a mac with the example i gave in my previous comment.

this looks like a site that is built with reactjs. are you able to provide a simple reactjs example?

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