System.TimeoutException using WebDriver

Question

What is the best way to use I have been getting Timeout excption and below is the code I am using to FindElement.

if i use Thread.Sleep(8000) or 6000 its working as excepted but Its scattered all over my code and its hard to maintain ... is there any elegant solution for this problem?

    public IWebElement GetFindElement(By locator)
    {
        WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20));
        IWebElement myDynamicElement = wait.Until<IWebElement>((d) =>
        {
            return d.FindElement(locator);
        });
        return myDynamicElement;
    }

Error:

[System.TimeoutException] = {"Timed out after 20 seconds"}

Vlad Titov · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-26 06:59:22Z

1

Try to avoid thread.sleep constructions. I can recommend use Implicit waits

protected static void ImplicitlyWait(int timeToWait)
    {
        _driver.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(timeToWait));
    }

answered Sep 26, 2012 at 6:59

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4 Comments

radimpe Over a year ago

But under the covers ImplicitlyWait is simply calling Thread.sleep(200) anyway.

Vlad Titov Over a year ago

ImplicitlyWait waits for elements to show up while threading just waits constant time.

Nick Kahn Over a year ago

@vlad: I was reading this thread and found that its good idea to introduce have a look this pls groups.google.com/forum/m/?fromgroups#!topic/webdriver/…

Vlad Titov Over a year ago

You mean timers? I haven't work with them, so I'm not able to say is it good or not. Try it at practice, it might be better solution in your case.

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