C# Selenium Datatables Wrapper

A .NET C# wrapper for interacting with the jQuery DataTables plugin, while executing Selenium tests.

Two versions are provided:

• A generic implementation for working with the standard Selenium web driver (IWebDriver). This should be used for most cases.
• An AngularJS implementation which uses the .NET port of Protractor (NgWebDriver). This can be used for AngularJS web applications.

Both versions are fully commented and explain what each method is doing.

Usage

There are many helpful methods provided to interact with the DataTable.

You can interact with it directly or you can run some built-in tests. These tests can check things like changing the page size, pagination, filtering and more. Their method names are prefixed with "Test".

The advantage of using the built-in tests is that they will save you writing a lot of code to check common behaviour which applies to every table. If a test encounters a problem, it will throw an NUnit Assert Exception with an appropriate error message.

All built-in tests are designed to be flexible with the data that is available. For example, a pagination test will not fail if it tries to navigate to page 3 and you only have enough data present for 2 pages. It will skip certain tests if there is not enough data available.

// Create a new DataTable instance which will be used to interact with the table.
// Provide it with your web driver and the Selenium selector of the table.
var table = new DataTable(driver, By.Id("my-table-id"));

// ---------------------------------------------------------
// Now interact with it directly...
// ---------------------------------------------------------

// Change the number of results per page to 25.
table.ChangePageSize(DataTable.PageSizes.TwentyFive);

// Navigate to the next page.
table.ChangePagination(DataTable.Pagination.Next);

// Sort the "ID" column in descending order.
table.SortColumn("ID", DataTable.Sort.Descending);

// Sort the first column in ascending order. Index parameter is NOT zero based.
table.SortColumn(1, DataTable.Sort.Ascending);

// Search for some text in the table.
table.SearchForText("My search query");

// Get the summary text of the table.
var summary = table.GetSummaryText();

// Get the total number of entries in the table.
var total = table.GetTotalEntries();

// Get the element of the row which contains the supplied text.
table.GetRowElement("My item");

// Get the element of the first row. Index parameter is NOT zero based.
table.GetRowElement(1);

// Get the HTML value of the first cell in the second row of the table.
var secondRow = table.GetRowElement(2);
var html = table.GetCellValue(secondRow, 1, true);

// Click the hyperlink or button in the second cell of the third row in the table.
var thirdRow = table.GetRowElement(3);
table.ClickRowCell(thirdRow, 2);

// Reset the table to its initial load state.
table.ResetTable();

// ---------------------------------------------------------
// Or run some built-in tests...
// ---------------------------------------------------------

// Check the table has loaded using the built-in test method.
table.TestTableHasLoaded();

// Check the table supports changing the page size using the built-in test method.
table.TestPageSize();

// Check the table supports pagination using the built-in test method.
table.TestPagination();

// Check the table supports sorting using the built-in test method.
table.TestSorting();

// Check the table supports searching using the built-in test method.
table.TestSearching();

// Check that an item exists in the table.
table.TestTableHasItem("My item");

Pagination

The following pagingType pagination styles are supported:

• full
• full_numbers
• Using the third party Bootstrap pagination plugin:
  • bs_four_button
  • bs_full

DataTables configured to use simple or simple_numbers are not supported at this time. You can still interact with it, but any actions involving pagination will fail.

Dependencies

Any projects using this wrapper will require the following:

• NUnit Framework | NuGet Package
• Selenium | NuGet Packages

In addition, if using the AngularJS version:

• .NET port of Protractor | NuGet Package

Testing

This wrapper has been tested using:

• Datatables v1.10.7
• Selenium v2.45.0
• Latest Chrome web driver.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md

License

See LICENSE.md