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[Command] Wait web page content
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Written by Sophie
Updated over a year ago

Definition and Usage

The Wait web page content command is used to instruct the workflow to wait until a specified element or text appears or disappears from a web page to proceed with the next command.


Parameters Values

Set parameters

Parameter

Definition

Web page

Select the web page that you would like to wait on. There are 2 commands that can be used to generate a web page variable:

  • Go to web page

  • Find web page

Wait for

Select the wait mode

  • Element is found

  • Element is not found

  • Text is found

  • Text is not found

Element

Select the target element from the existing variables or capture a new element variable to wait for

Timeout (s)

Enter the number of seconds to wait for the element to be loaded

Save result as

Name the variable generated by the parameters above

Error handling

Parameter

Definition

When error occurs

Select the action to be performed when an error occurs


Example

The above workflow will go to https://www.octoparse.com/pricing on the built-in browser, save the page as a variable named "Ocotparse_PricingPage", and wait for an element named "Div_Billed Monthly" to be found on the page for 20 seconds, save the result as "Billed_Monthly", and left-click element named "Div_Billed Monthly" on the page named "Ocotparse_PricingPage".

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