The Big Programming Thread - Page 987

On January 12 2019 01:03 travis wrote:
lol, so the website im trying to interact with via selenium seems to literally take anti-automation measures...
it seems that the IDs of the elements change order on a daily basis
like, yesterday and element I wanted to click swapped xpath with a different element

given how many hurdles they seem to present, im expecting this is an intentional thing.

I think I'll need to search for elements via the actual text that would be outputted on the website and then click that element? Hopefully I am able to do this or it was all for naught!

On January 12 2019 01:54 travis wrote:

hmm but maybe I can just click by X/Y coordinate of the iframe it's in? worst case scenario

On January 11 2019 22:58 Broetchenholer wrote:
Okay, next really stupid question. I am trying to get a JSON object from a get operation using XMLHttpRequest. This is my code:

var requestURL = 'http://localhost:3000/1835/bank';
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', requestURL);
request.responseType = 'json';
request.send();
request.onload = function() {
response = request.response;
}

Now, after trying to udnerstand why i couldn't get the response out of the local function scope, i realized that i did get it out but after the rest of my code had already executed. I can't build all my code from inside the function, so i need to let my code wait for this to finish or simply get it syncronously. But after reading up on callbacks and promises and await my head is spinning. I am not gonna understand this today. I have tried to sinply use syncronous communication, but this does only give me a string. Can someone give me a short piece of code that simply waits a set amount of time so that onload can do it's thing?

On January 12 2019 19:44 Broetchenholer wrote:
I will probably, if i understand the concept somewhat correctly, cascade my fetchs now and let the last one then start the rest of the code.

Something like this:

function buildSite() {

fetch('http://localhost:3000/data1')
.then(function(response) {
return response.json();
})
.then(function() {
fetch('http://localhost:3000/data2')
.then(function(response) {
return response.json();
})
.then(function(myJson) {
fetch('http://localhost:3000/1835/stock')
.then(function(response) {
return response.json();
})
then(function(myJson) {
doAllTheStuffWithMyData();
});
});

});
}

It seems really inconvenient to me. I am probably not grasping the merits of async connections cause all this does is make the whole data import syncronous again, but waaaay more complicated.

$.when( 
    $.ajax('http://localhost:3000/data1'), 
    $.ajax('http://localhost:3000/data2'),
    $.ajax('http://localhost:3000/stock'),    
).done(function (d1, d2, stock) {
    doAllTheStuffWithMyData();
});

On January 12 2019 16:30 SC-Shield wrote:
Do you guys think that C++ jobs are slightly/better paid than jobs for other languages? I think I will look for a new job but I don't think I understand market completely to negotiate my salary well enough. Advice is welcome.

On January 12 2019 19:57 Acrofales wrote:

You can use jQuery when.

It'd be something like:

$.when( 
    $.ajax('http://localhost:3000/data1'), 
    $.ajax('http://localhost:3000/data2'),
    $.ajax('http://localhost:3000/stock'),    
).done(function (d1, d2, stock) {
    doAllTheStuffWithMyData();
});

On January 12 2019 20:03 Manit0u wrote:


I don't think that. It all depends on your seniority and position you're applying for.