validations.md

Validations

There are many validations bundled in the core modules which will perform validations.

The validation module has many variations of validations it can perform.

• validate
  • title
    • is
    • is_not
  • text_of
    • element
      • is
      • is_not
  • present <selector>
  • not_present <selector>
  • value_of
    • element
      • is
      • is_not
  • is_checked
    • element
  • is_not_checked
    • element

Examples:

Validating Title

Validate the title is "Google"

- validate:
    title: is=Google

Validate the title is not "Google"

- validate:
    title: is_not=Google

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Validating Text

Validate the text of an element is "something"

- validate:
    text_of:
      element: css=span.message
      is: something

Validate the text of an element is not "something"

- validate:
    text_of:
      element: css=span.message
      is_not: something

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Validating Value

Validate the value attribute of an element is "something"

- validate:
    text_of:
      element: css=span.message
      is: something

Validate the value attribute of an element is not "something"

- validate:
    text_of:
      element: css=span.message
      is_not: something

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Validating Presence

Validate that an element is present

- validate:
    present: id=the_id

Validate that an element is not present

- validate:
    not_present: 
      id: the_id

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Validating a checkbox status

Validate that a checkbox or radio button is checked

- validate: is_checked=css=input[type='checkbox']
- validate: is_checked=id=thecheckbox
- validate:
    is_checked:
        tag: input

Validate that a checkbox or radio button is unchecked

- validate: is_not_checked=css=input[type='checkbox']
- validate: is_not_checked=id=thecheckbox
- validate:
    is_not_checked:
        tag: input

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