Click to all different next pages into a loop until the last page with Watir gem

Question

i have a problem in my ruby watir script.

I want to click through all next pages until the last page, and then puts some first name and last name. I know that the last "next" link is called with one more class "disabled" stop = b.link(class: 'next-pagination page-link disabled'). I try to loop until this classes is reached break if stop.exists?

loop do
  link = b.link(class: 'next-pagination page-link') 
  name_array = b.divs(class: 'name-and-badge-container').map { |e| e.div(class:'name-container').link(class: 'name-link profile-link').text.split("\n") }
  puts name_array
  stop = b.link(class: 'next-pagination page-link disabled')
  break if stop.exists?
  link.click
end

I have this error :

This code has slept for the duration of the default timeout waiting for an Element to exist. If the test is still passing, consider using Element#exists? instead of rescuing UnknownObjectException /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/watir-6.2.1/lib/watir/elements/element.rb:496:in rescue in wait_for_exists': timed out after 30 seconds, waiting for #<Watir::Div: located: false; {:class=>"name-and-badge-container", :tag_name=>"div", :index=>13}> to be located (Watir::Exception::UnknownObjectException) from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/watir-6.2.1/lib/watir/elements/element.rb:486:inwait_for_exists' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/watir-6.2.1/lib/watir/elements/element.rb:487:in wait_for_exists' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/watir-6.2.1/lib/watir/elements/element.rb:487:inwait_for_exists' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/watir-6.2.1/lib/watir/elements/element.rb:639:in element_call' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/watir-6.2.1/lib/watir/elements/element.rb:91:intext' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/Travail/Automation/lib/linkedin.rb:24:in block (2 levels) in start' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/watir-6.2.1/lib/watir/element_collection.rb:28:ineach' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/.rbenv/versions/2.4.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/watir-6.2.1/lib/watir/element_collection.rb:28:in each' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/Travail/Automation/lib/linkedin.rb:24:inmap' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/Travail/Automation/lib/linkedin.rb:24:in block in start' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/Travail/Automation/lib/linkedin.rb:22:inloop' from /Users/vincentcheloudiakoff/Travail/Automation/lib/linkedin.rb:22:in start' from start.rb:3:in'

It clicks on the next page, but does not find the next disabled button.

Answer 1

Use the text to locate that element

b.span(text: 'Suivant').click

You don't have to use parent link and then span like b.link().span() instead you can directly locate span the way I have explained.