Error : $.growl is not a function while running the Growl with Java

[MrRahulR]

Environment -
OS: Windows 8
Selenium Version: 3.4.0
Browser: Google Chrome
Browser Version: Chrome 61.0 (64-bit)

Expected Behavior -
The script should work properly and the user can see the growl notification in the browser.

Actual Behavior -
Error display for the jQuery functions while running the script with Selenium & Java.

Stack trace -

org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: $.growl is not a function
  (Session info: chrome=61.0.3163.100)
  (Driver info: chromedriver=2.33.506120 (e3e53437346286c0bc2d2dc9aa4915ba81d9023f),platform=Windows NT 6.2.9200 x86_64) (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)
Command duration or timeout: 0 milliseconds
Build info: version: '3.6.0', revision: '6fbf3ec767', time: '2017-09-27T15:28:36.4Z'
System info: host: 'RAHUL_P', ip: '192.168.1.180', os.name: 'Windows 8', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.2', java.version: '1.8.0_144'
Driver info: org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
Capabilities [{mobileEmulationEnabled=false, hasTouchScreen=false, platform=XP, acceptSslCerts=true, webStorageEnabled=true, browserName=chrome, takesScreenshot=true, javascriptEnabled=true, platformName=XP, setWindowRect=true, unexpectedAlertBehaviour=, applicationCacheEnabled=false, rotatable=false, networkConnectionEnabled=false, chrome={chromedriverVersion=2.33.506120 (e3e53437346286c0bc2d2dc9aa4915ba81d9023f), userDataDir=C:\Users\Rahul_R\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir2944_13820}, takesHeapSnapshot=true, pageLoadStrategy=normal, unhandledPromptBehavior=, databaseEnabled=false, handlesAlerts=true, version=61.0.3163.100, browserConnectionEnabled=false, nativeEvents=true, locationContextEnabled=true, cssSelectorsEnabled=true}]
Session ID: 87062ace22da0ff40257f659089c4b1a
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:214)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:166)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.JsonHttpResponseCodec.reconstructValue(JsonHttpResponseCodec.java:40)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.AbstractHttpResponseCodec.decode(AbstractHttpResponseCodec.java:82)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.AbstractHttpResponseCodec.decode(AbstractHttpResponseCodec.java:45)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:164)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:83)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:586)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.executeScript(RemoteWebDriver.java:522)
	at com.ratedr.growl.Growl.growlTest(Growl.java:47)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunAfters.evaluate(RunAfters.java:27)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit4.runner.JUnit4TestReference.run(JUnit4TestReference.java:86)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.TestExecution.run(TestExecution.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:459)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.runTests(RemoteTestRunner.java:678)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.run(RemoteTestRunner.java:382)
	at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.junit.runner.RemoteTestRunner.main(RemoteTestRunner.java:192)

[tourdedave]

If you're receiving that error than the jQuery Growl library isn't loading correctly during your test's browser session.

Can you provide your test code?

[MrRahulR]

I've copied and pasted the code provided on your project the differences are I used TestNG instead of JUnit there & Chrome instead of Firefox.
Below is the code.

package com.ratedr.growl;

import java.io.File;

import org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptExecutor;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class Growl {
	WebDriver driver;
	JavascriptExecutor js;

	@BeforeClass
	public void setUp() throws Exception {
		File file = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "//chromedriver.exe");
		System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", file.getAbsolutePath());
		driver = new ChromeDriver();
		js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
	}

	@AfterClass
	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
		driver.quit();
	}

	@Test
	public void growlTest() throws InterruptedException {
		driver.get("http://the-internet.herokuapp.com/");

		// Check for jQuery on the page, add it if need be
		js.executeScript("if (!window.jQuery) {"
				+ "var jquery = document.createElement('script'); jquery.type = 'text/javascript';"
				+ "jquery.src = 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.2/jquery.min.js';"
				+ "document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(jquery);" + "}");

		// Use jQuery to add jquery-growl to the page
		js.executeScript("$.getScript('http://the-internet.herokuapp.com/js/vendor/jquery.growl.js')");

		// Use jQuery to add jquery-growl styles to the page
		js.executeScript("$('head').append('<link rel=\"stylesheet\" "
				+ "href=\"http://the-internet.herokuapp.com/css/jquery.growl.css\" " + "type=\"text/css\" />');");

		// jquery-growl w/ no frills
		js.executeScript("$.growl({ title: 'GET', message: '/' });");

		// jquery-growl w/ colorized output
		js.executeScript("$.growl.error({ title: 'ERROR', message: 'your error message goes here' });");
		js.executeScript("$.growl.notice({ title: 'Notice', message: 'your notice message goes here' });");
		js.executeScript("$.growl.warning({ title: 'Warning!', message: 'your warning message goes here' });");
		Thread.sleep(5000);
	}
}

[tourdedave]

Thanks! I'll take a look.

[MrRahulR]

Hi @tourdedave ,
Anything you found in it?