I submitted this script as part of a interview process. It was rejected and no reasons were given. I'm wondering what parts of my script were unacceptable. The script works, and satisfies the question, but I must be doing things very wrong.
Use Selenium, Watir, Capybara, or similar to automate the following user workflow:
- Send a message to Slack by entering text in the box at the bottom of the - - client
- Your message will appear in the current channel.
- When you hover over the message, you'll see a star.
- Click the star.
- There is a search field on the upper right.
- Enter the string has:star in this field and submit it.
- Verify that your message appears in the search results.
- Click the star icon on the upper right.
- Verify that your message appears in this list.
// Setup test conditions and global resources.
var webdriver = require('selenium-webdriver'),
By = webdriver.By;
var driver = new webdriver.Builder()
.forBrowser('chrome')
.build();
var query = 'has:star';
var dataTs = -1;
var messageFoundInSearchResults = false;
var messageFoundInStarResults = false;
var errors = [];
var messageStarredTime = -1;
// Code used to login and navigate to a channel. Used to test this test. Commented out because exercise did not request
// this step.
/*
var generalUrl = 'https://yourproject.slack.com/messages/yourchannel/';
var email = '[email protected]';
var password = 'yourpassword';
driver.get(generalUrl);
driver.findElement(By.id('email')).sendKeys(email);
driver.findElement(By.id('password')).sendKeys(password);
driver.findElement(By.id('signin_btn')).click();
driver.wait(function() {
"use strict";
return driver.isElementPresent(webdriver.By.className('ts_icon_side_panel'));
});
*/
// Enter message
driver.findElements(By.id('message-input')).then(function(elems) {
"use strict";
var sentTime = -1;
var checkTime = -1;
var timeDiff = -1;
var timeout = 5000;
var message = new Date().getTime();
var messageReceived = false;
if (elems.length > 0) {
driver.findElement(By.id('message-input')).sendKeys(message + webdriver.Key.RETURN);
sentTime = new Date().getTime();
// Wait for new message to appear within timeout time, then get data timestamp.
(function checkMessageSent() {
driver.sleep(1000);
checkTime = new Date().getTime();
timeDiff = checkTime - sentTime;
// For each message on the page, compare the messages text with the sent text.
driver.findElements(By.css('ts-message')).then(function(elems) {
elems.forEach(function(msg) {
msg.getText().then(function(text) {
// If the message text contains the sent text, then the message has been identified and the
// timestamp id is stored.
if (text.indexOf(message) > -1) {
messageReceived = true;
msg.getAttribute('data-ts').then(function(ts) {
dataTs = ts;
});
}
});
});
if (messageReceived === false && timeDiff < timeout) {
checkMessageSent();
} else if (messageReceived === false && timeDiff >= timeout) {
errors.push(Date() + ': Sent message not found.');
}
});
}());
} else {
errors.push(Date() + ': Cannot find message-input');
}
});
// Find message and click it's star using the timestamp id.
driver.findElements(By.css('ts-message')).then(function(elems) {
"use strict";
// For each message on page, compare timestamp id to find the correct message.
elems.forEach(function(msg) {
msg.getAttribute('data-ts').then(function(id) {
if (id == dataTs) {
// Hover over message
driver.actions().mouseMove(msg).perform();
// Find all star buttons for the message.
driver.findElements(By.css('button[data-msg-id="' + dataTs + '"]')).then(function(btns) {
// Click the star button which is visible.
btns.forEach(function(btn) {
btn.isDisplayed().then(function(val) {
if (val === true) {
btn.click();
// Store the time the message was starred for use in the "has:star" search timeout.
messageStarredTime = new Date().getTime();
}
});
});
if (btns.length === 0) {
errors.push(Date() + ': Cannot find any stars');
}
});
}
});
});
if (elems.length === 0) {
errors.push(Date() + ': Cannot find any ts-message');
}
});
// Execute search until message is found or timeout reached.
driver.findElements(By.id('search_terms')).then(function(elems) {
"use strict";
var searchTime = -1;
var timeDiff = -1;
var maxWaitTime = 30000;
var searchSleepTime = 5000;
var searchPending = true;
if (elems.length > 0) {
// Focus on search bar
driver.findElement(By.id('search_terms')).click();
// Enter search query and search with Return key.
driver.findElement(By.id('search_terms')).sendKeys(query + webdriver.Key.RETURN);
// Pause for search results to appear.
driver.wait(function() {
return driver.isElementPresent(webdriver.By.className('flex_content_scroller'));
}, maxWaitTime);
} else {
errors.push(Date() + ': Cannot find search_terms');
}
// Check search results for message in recursive function.
(function checkSearchResults() {
// Get current time for timeout comparison.
searchTime = new Date().getTime();
timeDiff = searchTime - messageStarredTime;
// Get all message results
driver.findElements(By.className('search_message_result null_transform ')).then(function(msgs) {
// Compare each id with the stored id.
msgs.forEach(function(msg) {
msg.getAttribute('data-ts').then(function(msgTs) {
// If the timestamp ID's match then the message is found.
if (msgTs == dataTs) {
messageFoundInSearchResults = true;
}
});
});
// If message has not been found and timeout has not been reached re-execute search after delay
if (messageFoundInSearchResults === false && timeDiff < maxWaitTime) {
driver.sleep(searchSleepTime);
driver.findElement(By.id('search_terms')).sendKeys(webdriver.Key.RETURN);
checkSearchResults();
}
});
}());
// Wait for the last search to complete.
driver.wait(function(){
driver.isElementPresent(webdriver.By.id('search_spinner')).then(function(isPresent){
searchPending = isPresent;
});
if (searchPending === false) {
return true;
}
});
});
// Click star icon and wait for results to load
driver.findElements(By.id('stars_toggle')).then(function(elems) {
"use strict";
var checkTime = -1;
var starClickTime = -1;
var timeDiff = -1;
var waitTime = 3000;
if (elems.length > 0) {
driver.findElement(By.id('stars_toggle')).click();
starClickTime = new Date().getTime();
// Wait for results to load by checking if any message items are present in the results list, with timeout.
(function checkStarredResults() {
checkTime = new Date().getTime();
timeDiff = checkTime - starClickTime;
driver.isElementPresent(webdriver.By.className('message feature_fix_files standalone for_star_display' +
' first ')).then(function(result) {
if (result === false && timeDiff < waitTime) {
checkStarredResults();
}
});
}());
} else {
errors.push(Date() + ': Cannot find stars_toggle');
}
});
// Check list for message
driver.findElements(By.className('message feature_fix_files standalone for_star_display ' +
'first ')).then(function(elems) {
"use strict";
elems.forEach(function(elem) {
elem.getAttribute('data-ts').then(function(elemTs) {
// If the timestamp ID's match then the message is found.
if (elemTs == dataTs) {
messageFoundInStarResults = true;
logErrors();
}
});
});
if (elems.length === 0) {
errors.push(Date() + ': Cannot find any message feature_fix_files standalone for_star_display first ');
logErrors();
}
});
// Log and output test results.
var logErrors = function() {
"use strict";
// Log error if the message was not found in search results.
if (messageFoundInSearchResults === false) {
errors.push(Date() + ': Message not found in search results.');
}
// Log error if the message was not found in Star list.
if (messageFoundInStarResults === false) {
errors.push(Date() + ': Message not found in star results.');
}
// Output test result to console.
if (errors.length > 0) {
console.log('Test failed with ' + errors.length + ' errors:');
errors.forEach(function(error) {
console.log(error);
});
} else {
console.log('Test passed with ' + errors.length + ' errors.');
}
};
// Stop the test
driver.quit();
