How to validate if an element is enabled only after 60 seconds

Question

I have a link in my application which gets enabled after 60 seconds. I have to verify , that the link only gets enabled after 60 seconds not before that. Have tried below ways:

1. I have tried element to be clickable() with fluent wait/webdriver wait/thread.sleep and all are returning that element is enabled where as it's actually disabled till 60 seconds.

2. i have tried getAttribute("disabled")also , it also returns false.

The only difference i can see in the html is the class attribute. When it is disabled , class attribute value has additional text (disabled) added to it.

Answer 1

Try with this (and tweek as needed):

long ts1 = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;
new WebDriverWait(driver, 60).until(ExpectedConditions.attributeToBe(element, "disabled", null);
long ts2 = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;
Assert.assertTrue((ts2-ts1)>=60);

If the element becomes not disabled before 60 seconds is up, assert will fail.

Answer 2

As the link within the application gets enabled after 60 seconds and till then (being disabled) the class attribute contains the additional value disabled, to validate this usecase you can use a try-catch{} block and you can use either of the following Python based Locator Strategies:

• CSS_SELECTOR:

  try:
      WebDriverWait(driver, 60).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "tag_name[some_attribute='value_of_some_attribute']:not(.disabled)")))
      print("Class attribute failed to contain the value disabled for 60 seconds")
  except TimeoutException:
      print("Class attribute successfully contained the value disabled for 60 seconds")
  

• XPATH:

  try:
      WebDriverWait(driver, 60).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//tag_name[@some_attribute='value_of_some_attribute' and not(@class='disabled')]")))
      print("Class attribute failed to contain the value disabled for 60 seconds")
  except TimeoutException:
      print("Class attribute successfully contained the value disabled for 60 seconds")