Get Text - Verify

[AndrewGuo]

Get Text Activity can get the text from a web page. Some times get the empty text that may caused by page loading delay.
What’s the best practice to make sure we can get text every time?

[Yoichi]

HI,

In this case, we can use Retry Scope, for example, as the following.
If grabbed value is empty, retry “GetText”.

Regards,

[Rounak_Kumar1 (Rounak Kumar)]

Hey,

you can use Element Exist, So you will check for the element
then after you can apply if else condition pass the output of Element Exist , if it is true the you can use Get text ACtivity

Thanks,
Rounak

[Shubham_Dutta]

Hi @AndrewGuo, I hope you are doing well.
For the problem stated by you, it is always feasible to use “Element Exists” or “On Element appear” before going with a click or get text activity. And to handle it more safely you can also bound the get text activity inside a retry scope.

I hope all this points will help you to solve your problem.

Thanks & Regards,
Shubham Dutta

[AndrewGuo]

Thanks all for your help. The solution works

For a general case, it’s a little verbose if there’re many texts need to be verify.

What’s the best practice when working with many of them?

I’d think maybe something like the following pseudo-code.

But if I create a new sequence for MustGetText, it can’t just pass the UI element, it need be wrapped into a Browser/Application activity.

How do you implement it in UiPath?

func main() {
    name = MustGetText(nameElement)
    address = MustGetText(addressElement)
    ...
}

func MustGetText(theUIElement) String {
    text = ""
    // or Retry activity
    do {
        // not work, need a wrapper
        text = Get Text Activity(theUiElement)
    while (text != "")
    
    return text
}

[postwick (Paul Ostwick)]

You’re overcomplicating it.

Use a Check App State and look for a consistent element, to make sure the page is loaded before you do the Get Text.