Selenium WebDriver 2 4 0 alert checking

Question

Before using Selenium WebDriver version 2.4.0, I used to follow the below code:

alert = page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert
if alert.text
  ....

But, Selenium 2.4.0 has changed  "Raise in switch_to.alert when no alert is present.", so I found an Error:

 No alert is present (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoAlertOpenError) exception.

How to check for the presence of an alert using selenium-web-driver 2.4.0?

Answer 1

You can go for the below option:

driver.switch_to.alert.accept rescue Selenium::WebDriver::Error::NoAlertOpenError

This will click OK on the alert if present, else it will fail silently.