JavaScript alerts, prompts and confirmations

WebDriver provides an API for working with the three types of native popup messages offered by JavaScript. These popups are styled by the browser and offer limited customisation.

Alerts

The simplest of these is referred to as an alert, which shows a custom message, and a single button which dismisses the alert, labelled in most browsers as OK. It can also be dismissed in most browsers by pressing the close button, but this will always do the same thing as the OK button. See an example alert.

WebDriver can get the text from the popup and accept or dismiss these alerts.

        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());

        Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        String text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "Sample Alert");
        //Press the OK button

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import dev.selenium.BaseTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

import java.time.Duration;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class AlertsTest extends BaseTest {

    @Test
    public void testForAlerts() throws Exception {

        ChromeOptions chromeOptions = getDefaultChromeOptions();
        chromeOptions.addArguments("disable-search-engine-choice-screen");
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        //Navigate to Url
        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/interactions/alerts/");

        //Simple Alert
        //Click the link to activate the alert
        JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
        //execute js for alert
        js.executeScript("alert('Sample Alert');");
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());

        Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        String text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "Sample Alert");
        //Press the OK button
        alert.accept();

        //Confirm
        //execute js for confirm
        js.executeScript("confirm('Are you sure?');");
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());


        alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "Are you sure?");
        //Press the Cancel button
        alert.dismiss();

        //Prompt
        //execute js for prompt
        js.executeScript("prompt('What is your name?');");
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());

        alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "What is your name?");
        //Type your message
        alert.sendKeys("Selenium");
        //Press the OK button
        alert.accept();
        //quit the browser
        driver.quit();
    }
}

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    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See an example alert")
    element.click()

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    text = alert.text
    alert.accept()

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

global url
url = "https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/interactions/alerts/"


def test_alert_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See an example alert")
    element.click()

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    text = alert.text
    alert.accept()
    assert text == "Sample alert"

    driver.quit()

def test_confirm_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See a sample confirm")
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    text = alert.text
    alert.dismiss()
    assert text == "Are you sure?"

    driver.quit()

def test_prompt_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See a sample prompt")
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    alert.send_keys("Selenium")
    text = alert.text
    alert.accept()
    assert text == "What is your tool of choice?"
    
    driver.quit()

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//Click the link to activate the alert
driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("See an example alert")).Click();

//Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
IAlert alert = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.AlertIsPresent());

//Store the alert text in a variable
string text = alert.Text;

//Press the OK button
alert.Accept();

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Get the text of the alert
    alert.text

    # Press on Cancel button
    alert.dismiss

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# frozen_string_literal: true

require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'Alerts' do
  let(:driver) { start_session }

  before do
    driver.navigate.to 'https://selenium.dev'
  end

  it 'interacts with an alert' do
    driver.execute_script 'alert("Hello, World!")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Get the text of the alert
    alert.text

    # Press on Cancel button
    alert.dismiss
  end

  it 'interacts with a confirm' do
    driver.execute_script 'confirm("Are you sure?")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Get the text of the alert
    alert.text

    # Press on Cancel button
    alert.dismiss
  end

  it 'interacts with a prompt' do
    driver.execute_script 'prompt("What is your name?")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Type a message
    alert.send_keys('selenium')

    # Press on Ok button
    alert.accept
  end
end

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        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        let alertText = await alert.getText();
        await alert.accept();

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const { By, Builder, until } = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("node:assert");


describe('Interactions - Alerts', function () {
    let driver;

    before(async function () {
        driver = await new Builder().forBrowser('chrome').build();
    });

    after(async () => await driver.quit());

    it('Should be able to getText from alert and accept', async function () {
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("alert")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        let alertText = await alert.getText();
        await alert.accept();
        // Verify
        assert.equal(alertText, "cheese");
    });

    it('Should be able to getText from alert and dismiss', async function () {
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("confirm")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        let alertText = await alert.getText();
        await alert.dismiss();
        // Verify
        assert.equal(alertText, "Are you sure?");
    });

    it('Should be able to enter text in alert prompt', async function () {
        let text = 'Selenium';
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("prompt")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Type your message
        await alert.sendKeys(text);
        await alert.accept();

        let enteredText = await driver.findElement(By.id('text'));
        assert.equal(await enteredText.getText(), text);
    });
});

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//Click the link to activate the alert
driver.findElement(By.linkText("See an example alert")).click()

//Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
val alert = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent())

//Store the alert text in a variable
val text = alert.getText()

//Press the OK button
alert.accept()

Confirm

A confirm box is similar to an alert, except the user can also choose to cancel the message. See a sample confirm.

This example also shows a different approach to storing an alert:



        alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "Are you sure?");
        //Press the Cancel button

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// Licensed to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) under one
// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
// distributed with this work for additional information
// regarding copyright ownership.  The SFC licenses this file
// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
// specific language governing permissions and limitations
// under the License.

import dev.selenium.BaseTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

import java.time.Duration;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class AlertsTest extends BaseTest {

    @Test
    public void testForAlerts() throws Exception {

        ChromeOptions chromeOptions = getDefaultChromeOptions();
        chromeOptions.addArguments("disable-search-engine-choice-screen");
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        //Navigate to Url
        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/interactions/alerts/");

        //Simple Alert
        //Click the link to activate the alert
        JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
        //execute js for alert
        js.executeScript("alert('Sample Alert');");
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());

        Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        String text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "Sample Alert");
        //Press the OK button
        alert.accept();

        //Confirm
        //execute js for confirm
        js.executeScript("confirm('Are you sure?');");
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());


        alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "Are you sure?");
        //Press the Cancel button
        alert.dismiss();

        //Prompt
        //execute js for prompt
        js.executeScript("prompt('What is your name?');");
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());

        alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "What is your name?");
        //Type your message
        alert.sendKeys("Selenium");
        //Press the OK button
        alert.accept();
        //quit the browser
        driver.quit();
    }
}

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    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See a sample confirm")
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    text = alert.text
    alert.dismiss()

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

global url
url = "https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/interactions/alerts/"


def test_alert_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See an example alert")
    element.click()

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    text = alert.text
    alert.accept()
    assert text == "Sample alert"

    driver.quit()

def test_confirm_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See a sample confirm")
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    text = alert.text
    alert.dismiss()
    assert text == "Are you sure?"

    driver.quit()

def test_prompt_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See a sample prompt")
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    alert.send_keys("Selenium")
    text = alert.text
    alert.accept()
    assert text == "What is your tool of choice?"
    
    driver.quit()

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//Click the link to activate the alert
driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("See a sample confirm")).Click();

//Wait for the alert to be displayed
wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.AlertIsPresent());

//Store the alert in a variable
IAlert alert = driver.SwitchTo().Alert();

//Store the alert in a variable for reuse
string text = alert.Text;

//Press the Cancel button
alert.Dismiss();

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Get the text of the alert
    alert.text

    # Press on Cancel button
    alert.dismiss

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# frozen_string_literal: true

require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'Alerts' do
  let(:driver) { start_session }

  before do
    driver.navigate.to 'https://selenium.dev'
  end

  it 'interacts with an alert' do
    driver.execute_script 'alert("Hello, World!")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Get the text of the alert
    alert.text

    # Press on Cancel button
    alert.dismiss
  end

  it 'interacts with a confirm' do
    driver.execute_script 'confirm("Are you sure?")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Get the text of the alert
    alert.text

    # Press on Cancel button
    alert.dismiss
  end

  it 'interacts with a prompt' do
    driver.execute_script 'prompt("What is your name?")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Type a message
    alert.send_keys('selenium')

    # Press on Ok button
    alert.accept
  end
end

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        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        let alertText = await alert.getText();
        await alert.dismiss();

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const { By, Builder, until } = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("node:assert");


describe('Interactions - Alerts', function () {
    let driver;

    before(async function () {
        driver = await new Builder().forBrowser('chrome').build();
    });

    after(async () => await driver.quit());

    it('Should be able to getText from alert and accept', async function () {
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("alert")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        let alertText = await alert.getText();
        await alert.accept();
        // Verify
        assert.equal(alertText, "cheese");
    });

    it('Should be able to getText from alert and dismiss', async function () {
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("confirm")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        let alertText = await alert.getText();
        await alert.dismiss();
        // Verify
        assert.equal(alertText, "Are you sure?");
    });

    it('Should be able to enter text in alert prompt', async function () {
        let text = 'Selenium';
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("prompt")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Type your message
        await alert.sendKeys(text);
        await alert.accept();

        let enteredText = await driver.findElement(By.id('text'));
        assert.equal(await enteredText.getText(), text);
    });
});

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//Click the link to activate the alert
driver.findElement(By.linkText("See a sample confirm")).click()

//Wait for the alert to be displayed
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent())

//Store the alert in a variable
val alert = driver.switchTo().alert()

//Store the alert in a variable for reuse
val text = alert.text

//Press the Cancel button
alert.dismiss()

Prompt

Prompts are similar to confirm boxes, except they also include a text input. Similar to working with form elements, you can use WebDriver’s send keys to fill in a response. This will completely replace the placeholder text. Pressing the cancel button will not submit any text. See a sample prompt.

        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());

        alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "What is your name?");
        //Type your message
        alert.sendKeys("Selenium");
        //Press the OK button

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// Licensed to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) under one
// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
// distributed with this work for additional information
// regarding copyright ownership.  The SFC licenses this file
// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
// specific language governing permissions and limitations
// under the License.

import dev.selenium.BaseTest;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.*;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

import java.time.Duration;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;

public class AlertsTest extends BaseTest {

    @Test
    public void testForAlerts() throws Exception {

        ChromeOptions chromeOptions = getDefaultChromeOptions();
        chromeOptions.addArguments("disable-search-engine-choice-screen");
        WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(chromeOptions);

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(Duration.ofMillis(500));
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        //Navigate to Url
        driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/interactions/alerts/");

        //Simple Alert
        //Click the link to activate the alert
        JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
        //execute js for alert
        js.executeScript("alert('Sample Alert');");
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());

        Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        String text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "Sample Alert");
        //Press the OK button
        alert.accept();

        //Confirm
        //execute js for confirm
        js.executeScript("confirm('Are you sure?');");
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());


        alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "Are you sure?");
        //Press the Cancel button
        alert.dismiss();

        //Prompt
        //execute js for prompt
        js.executeScript("prompt('What is your name?');");
        //Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());

        alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Store the alert text in a variable and verify it
        text = alert.getText();
        assertEquals(text, "What is your name?");
        //Type your message
        alert.sendKeys("Selenium");
        //Press the OK button
        alert.accept();
        //quit the browser
        driver.quit();
    }
}

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    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See a sample prompt")
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    alert.send_keys("Selenium")
    text = alert.text
    alert.accept()

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait

global url
url = "https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/interactions/alerts/"


def test_alert_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See an example alert")
    element.click()

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    text = alert.text
    alert.accept()
    assert text == "Sample alert"

    driver.quit()

def test_confirm_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See a sample confirm")
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    text = alert.text
    alert.dismiss()
    assert text == "Are you sure?"

    driver.quit()

def test_prompt_popup():
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)
    element = driver.find_element(By.LINK_TEXT, "See a sample prompt")
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", element)

    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, timeout=2)
    alert = wait.until(lambda d : d.switch_to.alert)
    alert.send_keys("Selenium")
    text = alert.text
    alert.accept()
    assert text == "What is your tool of choice?"
    
    driver.quit()

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//Click the link to activate the alert
driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("See a sample prompt")).Click();

//Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
IAlert alert = wait.Until(ExpectedConditions.AlertIsPresent());

//Type your message
alert.SendKeys("Selenium");

//Press the OK button
alert.Accept();

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Type a message
    alert.send_keys('selenium')

    # Press on Ok button
    alert.accept

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# frozen_string_literal: true

require 'spec_helper'

RSpec.describe 'Alerts' do
  let(:driver) { start_session }

  before do
    driver.navigate.to 'https://selenium.dev'
  end

  it 'interacts with an alert' do
    driver.execute_script 'alert("Hello, World!")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Get the text of the alert
    alert.text

    # Press on Cancel button
    alert.dismiss
  end

  it 'interacts with a confirm' do
    driver.execute_script 'confirm("Are you sure?")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Get the text of the alert
    alert.text

    # Press on Cancel button
    alert.dismiss
  end

  it 'interacts with a prompt' do
    driver.execute_script 'prompt("What is your name?")'

    # Store the alert reference in a variable
    alert = driver.switch_to.alert

    # Type a message
    alert.send_keys('selenium')

    # Press on Ok button
    alert.accept
  end
end

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        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Type your message
        await alert.sendKeys(text);
        await alert.accept();

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const { By, Builder, until } = require('selenium-webdriver');
const assert = require("node:assert");


describe('Interactions - Alerts', function () {
    let driver;

    before(async function () {
        driver = await new Builder().forBrowser('chrome').build();
    });

    after(async () => await driver.quit());

    it('Should be able to getText from alert and accept', async function () {
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("alert")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        let alertText = await alert.getText();
        await alert.accept();
        // Verify
        assert.equal(alertText, "cheese");
    });

    it('Should be able to getText from alert and dismiss', async function () {
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("confirm")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        let alertText = await alert.getText();
        await alert.dismiss();
        // Verify
        assert.equal(alertText, "Are you sure?");
    });

    it('Should be able to enter text in alert prompt', async function () {
        let text = 'Selenium';
        await driver.get('https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/alerts.html');
        await driver.findElement(By.id("prompt")).click();
        await driver.wait(until.alertIsPresent());
        let alert = await driver.switchTo().alert();
        //Type your message
        await alert.sendKeys(text);
        await alert.accept();

        let enteredText = await driver.findElement(By.id('text'));
        assert.equal(await enteredText.getText(), text);
    });
});

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//Click the link to activate the alert
driver.findElement(By.linkText("See a sample prompt")).click()

//Wait for the alert to be displayed and store it in a variable
val alert = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent())

//Type your message
alert.sendKeys("Selenium")

//Press the OK button
alert.accept()

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