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Methods

findElOrEls

▸ findElOrEls(strategy, selector, mult, context?): Promise<Element<string>[]>

A helper method that returns one or more UI elements based on the search criteria

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector
mult true whether or not we want to find multiple elements
context? any the element to use as the search context basis if desiredCapabilities

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A single element or list of elements

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:294

▸ findElOrEls(strategy, selector, mult, context?): Promise<Element<string>>

Parameters

Name Type
strategy string
selector string
mult false
context? any

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:295

findElOrElsWithProcessing

▸ findElOrElsWithProcessing(strategy, selector, mult, context?): Promise<Element<string>[]>

This is a wrapper for findElOrEls that validates locator strategies and implements the appium:printPageSourceOnFindFailure capability

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector
mult true whether or not we want to find multiple elements
context? any the element to use as the search context basis if desiredCapabilities

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A single element or list of elements

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:308

▸ findElOrElsWithProcessing(strategy, selector, mult, context?): Promise<Element<string>>

Parameters

Name Type
strategy string
selector string
mult false
context? any

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:314

findElement

▸ findElement(strategy, selector): Promise<Element<string>>

Find a UI element given a locator strategy and a selector, erroring if it can't be found

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-element

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific element

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

The element object encoding the element id which can be used in element-related commands

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:210

findElementFromElement

▸ findElementFromElement(strategy, selector, elementId): Promise<Element<string>>

Find a UI element given a locator strategy and a selector, erroring if it can't be found. Only look for elements among the set of descendants of a given element

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-element-from-element

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific element
elementId string the id of the element to use as the search basis

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

The element object encoding the element id which can be used in element-related commands

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:235

findElementFromShadowRoot

▸ Optional findElementFromShadowRoot(strategy, selector, shadowId): Promise<Element<string>>

Find an element from a shadow root

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-element-from-shadow-root

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific elements
shadowId string the id of the element to use as the search basis

Returns

Promise<Element<string>>

The element inside the shadow root matching the selector

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:263

findElements

▸ findElements(strategy, selector): Promise<Element<string>[]>

Find a a list of all UI elements matching a given a locator strategy and a selector

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-elements

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific elements

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A possibly-empty list of element objects

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:221

findElementsFromElement

▸ findElementsFromElement(strategy, selector, elementId): Promise<Element<string>[]>

Find a a list of all UI elements matching a given a locator strategy and a selector. Only look for elements among the set of descendants of a given element

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-elements-from-element

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific elements
elementId string the id of the element to use as the search basis

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A possibly-empty list of element objects

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:248

findElementsFromShadowRoot

▸ Optional findElementsFromShadowRoot(strategy, selector, shadowId): Promise<Element<string>[]>

Find elements from a shadow root

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#find-element-from-shadow-root

Parameters

Name Type Description
strategy string the locator strategy
selector string the selector to combine with the strategy to find the specific elements
shadowId string the id of the element to use as the search basis

Returns

Promise<Element<string>[]>

A possibly empty list of elements inside the shadow root matching the selector

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:278

getPageSource

▸ getPageSource(): Promise<string>

Get the current page/app source as HTML/XML

See

https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#get-page-source

Returns

Promise<string>

The UI hierarchy in a platform-appropriate format (e.g., HTML for a web page)

Defined in

node_modules/@appium/types/lib/driver.ts:327