Get Web Number

The Get Web Number building block finds and extracts a number from a web page (or from within a specific web element) in an already open browser window. This block only works with browser windows that were previously opened using the Start Web Browser block (or their child windows).

Fully expanded, the Get Web Number block shows the following properties:

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Quick-start

1. Drag Get Web Number onto the canvas.
2. Connect the block in the flow and specify the basic parameters required for this block to operate: Select Web Element to get number. Optionally, you can adjust other parameters if needed.
3. Run the flow when it's ready.

Building block parameters

Parameters

• Block header : The green input connector triggers the block to start executing. The green output connector triggers when a number has been successfully found. You can rename the block title ("Get Web Number") by double-clicking it and typing in a new title.

• Select Web Element to get number : The locator for the web element from which the number should be extracted. You can capture a locator by right-clicking and selecting Capture new web element, edit it via Edit web element, and clear it via Clear web element.

• Number found : The number that was found.

• Not found : Triggers if a number is not found before the timeout. This is typically used to branch execution flow or to explicitly fail a case by linking it to a Fail block.

• Position found : The browser canvas position where the number was found in X, Y coordinates (top-left is 0, 0). Use the expander to work with X and Y separately. Web elements that are not visible (for example hidden by CSS) will have position 0, 0.

• Area found : The browser canvas position and size of the found number in X, Y, Width, Height coordinates, starting with the upper-leftmost pixel. Use the expander to work with position/size and nested sub-properties separately.

• Source element : Limits the locator to only search inside the specified source element (for example, searching for numbers inside a previously found table element).

• Browser window : Makes the block use a specific browser window. Multiple browser windows are not supported by Selenium Grid or external cloud providers such as Sauce Labs and BrowserStack.

• Find format : Defines a format the number must match to be retrieved. For example, with Price: [NUMBER] USD, only numbers inside text like Price: 123.00 USD are retrieved.

• Is case sensitive : Controls whether Find format is case sensitive. By default, it is case-insensitive.

• 1000 separator : Defines the character used to separate thousands. By default, this uses Flow's Windows regional settings (typically "," or ".").

• Decimal separator : Defines the character used to separate decimals. By default, this uses Flow's Windows regional settings (typically "," or ".").

• Filter : Defines an additional rule the number must meet to be retrieved (for example, only retrieve numbers Greater than 100).

• Filter value : The value used by Filter.

• Use occurred : Selects which occurrence of the number to use when more than one is found. Select All to iterate through all occurrences (this shows Current index and Completed).

• Current index : When iterating through all occurrences, contains the current index for the number being processed.

• Completed : Triggers when the iteration of all occurrences has completed.

• Count : The total number of found occurrences that match the configured locator and criteria.

• Default timeout : If the checkbox is not selected, the timeout is 10 seconds. If the checkbox is selected, the Default timeout value from the flow settings applies.

• Timeout : The maximum time spent searching for a number before giving up and triggering Not found. This is separate from the case global timeout in Settings, which can cancel a run if the whole case exceeds it.

• Scroll to find : When set to a value other than None, the block uses scrolling while searching for numbers. This can be useful for scrollable pages where elements load asynchronously (for example infinite scroll).

• Max repeats : The maximum number of scroll actions to perform before giving up searching for numbers.

• Amount : The amount of scrolling performed on each scroll repeat.

• Delay (sec) : The delay in seconds between each scroll amount.

• Scroll into view : When checked, the web element containing the found number is automatically scrolled into view.

• Await DOM change : Delays the search until there have been no changes to the page's DOM for a specified period (for example, 3 seconds). Regardless of this checkbox, the search proceeds after waiting a maximum of 30 seconds.

• Await Requests : Delays the search until there have been no active XHR requests for a specified period (for example, 3 seconds). Regardless of this checkbox, the search proceeds after waiting a maximum of 30 seconds.

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