Using ruby to validate web pages

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Hi, just wondering if anybody can tell me what's wrong with this code:

# the Watir gem
require 'rubygems'

# the Watir controller
require 'watir'

# set variables
validator = "http://validator.w3.org/"
url1 = "http://www.google.com"
url2 = "http://pingmag.jp/2008/01/17/chimpom/"
url3 = "http://www.google.com/"

# open the IE browser
ie = Watir::IE.new

puts "Beginning validation"

ie.goto validator

ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url1)

puts "Checking URL #1....."

ie.button(:value, "Check").click

if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
    puts "URL#1 validates!"
    else
        "URL#1 does not validate!"

        end

ie.goto validator

ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url2)

puts "Checking URL #2....."

ie.button(:value, "Check").click

if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
    puts "URL#2 validates!"
    else
        "URL #2 does not validate!"

    end

ie.goto validator

ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url3)

puts "Checking URL #3....."

ie.button(:value, "Check").click

if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
    puts "URL#3 validates!"
    else
        "URL #3 does not validate!"

end

    puts "End of validation"

I get results for URL's #2 and #3, only the 'Checking URL....' and 'End
of validation' messages.

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Hi, just wondering if anybody can tell me what's wrong with this code:

# the Watir gem
require 'rubygems'

# the Watir controller
require 'watir'

# set variables
validator = "http://validator.w3.org/"
url1 = "http://www.google.com"
url2 = "http://pingmag.jp/2008/01/17/chimpom/"
url3 = "http://www.google.com/"

# open the IE browser
ie = Watir::IE.new

puts "Beginning validation"

ie.goto validator

ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url1)

puts "Checking URL #1....."

ie.button(:value, "Check").click

if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
    puts "URL#1 validates!"
    else
        "URL#1 does not validate!"

        end

ie.goto validator

ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url2)

puts "Checking URL #2....."

ie.button(:value, "Check").click

if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
    puts "URL#2 validates!"
    else
        "URL #2 does not validate!"

    end

ie.goto validator

ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url3)

puts "Checking URL #3....."

ie.button(:value, "Check").click

if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
    puts "URL#3 validates!"
    else
        "URL #3 does not validate!"

end

    puts "End of validation"

I get results for URL's #2 and #3, only the 'Checking URL....' and 'End
of validation' messages.

Your are missing the "puts" before the "URL # does not validate"

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On Jan 18, 8:54 am, Kate Bond <bondk...@googlemail.com> wrote:

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lrlebron@gmail.com wrote:

url1 = "http://www.google.com"
ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url1)
        end
    puts "URL#2 validates!"

I get results for URL's #2 and #3, only the 'Checking URL....' and 'End
of validation' messages.

Your are missing the "puts" before the "URL # does not validate"

If you had 200 pages to validate, you'd have to correct 200 lines of
code.
Consider this (untested, I don't know Watir):

require 'watir'

# set variables
validator = "http://validator.w3.org/&quot;
urls =
urls << "http://www.google.com"
urls << "http://pingmag.jp/2008/01/17/chimpom/&quot;
urls << "http://www.google.com/&quot;

# open the IE browser
ie = Watir::IE.new
puts "Beginning validation"
ie.goto validator # maybe this should be in the block.

urls.each do|url|
  puts "Checking " + url
  ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url)
  ie.button(:value, "Check").click
  if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
    puts url + " validates!"
  else
    url + " does not validate!" #!! This line needs a 'puts' !!
  end
end
ie.close #or something like it
puts "End of validation"

Both the the list of urls and the code handling this list are now much
easier to maintain.

Regards,

Siep

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On Jan 18, 8:54 am, Kate Bond <bondk...@googlemail.com> wrote:

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Siep,

Wow! Had to add 'goto validator' to the block but otherwise worked a
treat... Thanks very much! :slight_smile:

# the Watir gem
require 'rubygems'

# the Watir controller
require 'watir'

# set variables
validator = "http://validator.w3.org/"
urls =[]
urls << "http://www.catnic.com/"
urls << "http://pingmag.jp/2008/01/17/chimpom/"
urls << "http://www.google.com/"

# open the IE browser
ie = Watir::IE.new
puts "Beginning validation"

urls.each do|url|
  puts "Checking " + url
  ie.goto validator # maybe this should be in the block.
  ie.text_field(:id, "uri").set(url)
  ie.button(:value, "Check").click
  if ie.text.include? "This Page Is Valid"
    puts url + " validates!"
  else
    puts url + " does not validate!" #!! This line needs a 'puts' !!
  end
end
ie.close #or something like it
puts "End of validation"

I'm very new to Ruby (programming in general, actually) but I wonder if
there is a way to incorporate this into a webpage? This might not seem
much but is going to make my job as a tester a little easier!

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