How to open url in new tab

aashu.singh · October 15, 2019, 8:08am

Hi,
I have an open browser activity which opens a url in the browser after that i want to open another url using custom script without closing the previous window.Is there anyway to open a url in new tab using custom script.

aashu.singh · October 15, 2019, 9:06am

i have written this script to open url in new tab,it is working perfect except one error which is related to timeout,

@CustomScriptAction(
)
def customScript() {
   executeJavaScript("window.open('https://www.google.com/', '_blank')");
}

Error executing CustomScriptAction
com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.PlaybackException: Error executing TemplateAction[templateName=CustomScriptAction.ftl,id=66,name=Optional[CustomScriptAction],parent=61,nextSibling=67,arguments=ActionArguments[delay=[0],timeoutMs=[10000],xsi:type=[recorder:CustomScriptAction, recorder:CustomScriptAction],pollingInterval=[300],active=[true],script=[@CustomScriptAction(
)
def customScript() {
executeJavaScript(“window.open(‘https://www.google.com/’, ‘_blank’)”);
}
],awaitTimeout=[5000]]]
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.flow.StandardControlFlow.execute(StandardControlFlow.java:54)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.action.template.TemplateAction.execute(TemplateAction.java:28)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.action.template.TemplateAction.execute(TemplateAction.java:15)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.player.ActionPlayer.next(ActionPlayer.java:81)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.player.PlaybackLogic.playNextAction(PlaybackLogic.java:154)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.player.PlaybackLogic.run(PlaybackLogic.java:112)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.ScriptTimeoutException: Timed out after 0 ms
Build info: version: ‘9.4.0.3’, revision: ‘abf2ebe0f1’, time: ‘2019-05-29T13:21:06.482Z’
System info: host: ‘DPCD-HJJTH32’, ip: ‘172.16.3.151’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_121’
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver
Capabilities [{moz:profile=C:\Users\aashu.singh\AppData\Local\Temp\rust_mozprofile.OzJu5cCYnxt6, rotatable=false, moz:geckodriverVersion=0.22.0, timeouts={implicit=0, pageLoad=300000, script=30000}, pageLoadStrategy=normal, unhandledPromptBehavior=dismiss and notify, strictFileInteractability=false, moz:headless=false, platform=XP, moz:accessibilityChecks=false, moz:useNonSpecCompliantPointerOrigin=false, acceptInsecureCerts=false, browserVersion=68.0.2, moz:shutdownTimeout=60000, platformVersion=10.0, moz:processID=59952, browserName=firefox, moz:buildID=20190813150448, javascriptEnabled=true, platformName=XP, setWindowRect=true, moz:webdriverClick=true}]
Session ID: 5f496c8f-5d32-483e-8739-e078940a1023
Command duration or timeout: 0 milliseconds
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:216)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:168)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.JsonHttpResponseCodec.reconstructValue(JsonHttpResponseCodec.java:41)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.AbstractHttpResponseCodec.decode(AbstractHttpResponseCodec.java:82)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.AbstractHttpResponseCodec.decode(AbstractHttpResponseCodec.java:45)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:164)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:741)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.executeScript(RemoteWebDriver.java:677)
at com.workfusion.rpa.helpers.Script.executeJavaScript(Script.java:317)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:104)
at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:326)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.StaticMetaMethodSite.invoke(StaticMetaMethodSite.java:46)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.StaticMetaMethodSite.callStatic(StaticMetaMethodSite.java:102)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallStatic(CallSiteArray.java:55)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callStatic(AbstractCallSite.java:197)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callStatic(AbstractCallSite.java:209)
at CustomScript_customScript.customScript(Script6.groovy:12)
at CustomScript_customScript$customScript.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:47)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:116)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120)
at Script6.run(Script6.groovy)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.shell.GroovyShellWrapper.executeScript(GroovyShellWrapper.java:48)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.player.PlaybackContext.executeScript(PlaybackContext.java:108)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.action.template.TemplateAction.executeBehavior(TemplateAction.java:33)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.flow.StandardControlFlow.execute(StandardControlFlow.java:46)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.action.template.TemplateAction.execute(TemplateAction.java:28)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.action.template.TemplateAction.execute(TemplateAction.java:15)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.playback.player.ActionPlayer.next(ActionPlayer.java:81)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.player.PlaybackLogic.playNextAction(PlaybackLogic.java:154)
at com.workfusion.studio.rpa.recorder.player.PlaybackLogic.run(PlaybackLogic.java:112)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.ScriptTimeoutException: Timed out after 0 ms
Build info: version: ‘9.4.0.3’, revision: ‘abf2ebe0f1’, time: ‘2019-05-29T13:21:06.482Z’
System info: host: ‘DPCD-HJJTH32’, ip: ‘172.16.3.151’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_121’
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver
Capabilities [{moz:profile=C:\Users\aashu.singh\AppData\Local\Temp\rust_mozprofile.OzJu5cCYnxt6, rotatable=false, moz:geckodriverVersion=0.22.0, timeouts={implicit=0, pageLoad=300000, script=30000}, pageLoadStrategy=normal, unhandledPromptBehavior=dismiss and notify, strictFileInteractability=false, moz:headless=false, platform=XP, moz:accessibilityChecks=false, moz:useNonSpecCompliantPointerOrigin=false, acceptInsecureCerts=false, browserVersion=68.0.2, moz:shutdownTimeout=60000, platformVersion=10.0, moz:processID=59952, browserName=firefox, moz:buildID=20190813150448, javascriptEnabled=true, platformName=XP, setWindowRect=true, moz:webdriverClick=true}]
Session ID: 5f496c8f-5d32-483e-8739-e078940a1023
Build info: version: ‘9.4.0.4’, revision: ‘1fbe520b9b’, time: ‘2019-06-20T13:08:57.971Z’
System info: host: ‘DPCD-HJJTH32’, ip: ‘172.16.3.151’, os.name: ‘Windows 10’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘10.0’, java.version: ‘1.8.0_121’
Driver info: driver.version: UniversalDriver
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:186)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:121)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:50)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.ActiveSessionCommandExecutor.execute(ActiveSessionCommandExecutor.java:43)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:741)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.executeScript(RemoteWebDriver.java:677)
at com.workfusion.universal.driver.UniversalDriver.executeScript(UniversalDriver.java:151)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.ExecuteScript.call(ExecuteScript.java:54)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.handler.WebDriverHandler.handle(WebDriverHandler.java:41)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.rest.ResultConfig.handle(ResultConfig.java:134)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.JsonHttpCommandHandler.handleRequest(JsonHttpCommandHandler.java:206)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.InMemorySession.execute(InMemorySession.java:98)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.WebDriverServlet.lambda$handle$0(WebDriverServlet.java:231)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

aashu.singh · October 15, 2019, 12:32pm

Hi,

I tried both the function to open new tab,getting this error.

ashapkina · October 15, 2019, 12:34pm

You cannot use ExecuteJavaScript in a Custom Action.
You need to export the recording as a bot task and code in the Code perspective to use it.

aashu.singh · October 15, 2019, 12:52pm

can we open it using executeJavaScript(“window.open(‘https://www.google.com/’, ‘_blank’)”);
method inside custom script.it is working but giving timeout error,could you correct me what i am doing wrong.

ashapkina · October 15, 2019, 12:59pm

Try increasing the timeout for actions in RPA Recorder Preferences.

iostapuk · October 15, 2019, 2:37pm

Hi @aashu.singh ,

I’ve got a solution for you.
So after you open new tab with your custom script, you need to add one more custom script, so the robot switches to this tab as active. As it can’t capture the Xpath, because the bot thinks the page is still the same.
So just add this Custom script:
@CustomScriptAction(

)

def customScript() {

switchToNextWindow()

}

After your custom script and you will be able to get the Xpath.
See the example below:

The first Custom action:

The second custom action:

aashu.singh · October 15, 2019, 1:31pm

Hi @iostapuk,
can you share the executeJavaScript code as it is not fully visible in the screenshot or if possible whole steps.

iostapuk · October 15, 2019, 1:32pm

@aashu.singh It’s just the same as you posted above:
@CustomScriptAction(
)
def customScript() {
executeJavaScript(“window.open(‘https://www.google.com/’, ‘_blank’)”);
}

I’ve just changed the website url

aashu.singh · October 15, 2019, 1:34pm

@iostapuk thanks for the resolution.

Let me try it,hope this time it will work.

iostapuk · October 15, 2019, 1:34pm

@aashu.singh Please share your results:)

aashu.singh · October 15, 2019, 1:50pm

@iostapuk thanks for the help.

It working fine now, it works if we put the custom script inside open browser activity.
one question here will it work in control tower or not?

iostapuk · October 15, 2019, 2:25pm

@aashu.singh

Glad that it works. Yes, it should work fine. But please note that If you have more than one custom script in the recording, you need to define a different method for each action as described in our Knowledge Base - https://kb.workfusion.com/display/RPAe/Code+Samples

Please see what I mean based on my example:
The first script:

The second script:

aashu.singh · October 15, 2019, 4:10pm

thanks for the info