Frames, Shadow DOM & Scoping

Switch To Element

Sets the matched element as the search root, so following selectors are evaluated relative to it rather than against the whole document. The GPAL-level call is InElement, and InMainDom puts the root back. Mandatory parameter: css or xpath.

NOTE

InElement and InFrame are the same operation underneath. An iframe is an element, and scoping to it is scoping to what is inside it.

Examples

GPAL Fluent: High-level fluent C# API

browser

.InElement(containerSelector)

.WithSelector(childSelector)

.LeftClick();

browser.InMainDom();

MagicHelper: MagicHelper utility library

//MagicHelper has no SwitchToElement method; use browser.MagicHelper.InElement("#container") instead.

browser.MagicHelper.InElement("#container");

Puppeteer Client: Puppeteer-style C# client

browser.PuppeteerClient.SwitchToElement("#container").Execute();

Puppeteer Communicator: Low-level communicator

//Holds the element as the root that later selectors resolve against. Nothing goes over the wire beyond finding it, because CDP has no current element: the scope is GPAL's to keep, and it is dropped when the frame changes or the context is put back.

await browser.PuppeteerCommunicator.SwitchToElement(string elementSelector);

REST Client: Direct REST/HTTP client

//SwitchToElement is the only name for this on the REST client.

browser.OttoMagicClient.SwitchToElement("#container").Execute();

Documentation Example

Documentation

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Adding Images to the content

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Coding Blocks

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GPAL

.CallIfNotFound(GenericCallIfNotFound)

.WithPublishToConsole();

//System.Drawing.Rectangle windowSize = new System.Drawing.Rectangle(10, 10, 1500, 1024);

// NOTE: we have to set browser = before we execute any steps

// this is due to the 'GenericCallIfNotFound' which might throw an exception, and BankScraper will not have the browser set when it calls scraper.Close()

// until the complete fluent line gets executed (meaning every step, meaning browser is not set until everything else succeeds)

browser = GPAL.Browser

.WithBrowserType(Enums.BrowserType.Chrome)

.WithProfileDataDirectory(ChromeProfileLocation)

.WithUseAutomationEngine(AutomationEngine.Selenium)

.WithWindowSize(new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0,0,1920,1080))

.ToGPALObject();

Frames, Shadow DOM & Scoping

Frames, Shadow DOM & Scoping

Switch To Element

Examples

Documentation Example

Documentation

Category

Endpoint

Enpoint

Enpoint

Enpoint

Other formats

Adding Images to the content

Coding Blocks

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