Verify navigation using partial link text

Preconditions (2)

Step 1: Locate the link using partial link text 'Selenium'

Step 2: Click on the located link

Step 3: Wait for the new page to load

Step 4: Verify the URL contains 'selenium-automation'

Step 5: Verify the page title contains 'Selenium Automation'

✅ Expected Result: Clicking the link with partial text 'Selenium' navigates to the Selenium Automation page with correct URL and page title

Automation Requirements - Selenium WebDriver with JUnit 5

Assertions Needed:

Assert current URL contains 'selenium-automation'

Assert page title contains 'Selenium Automation'

Best Practices:

Use explicit waits to wait for page load

Use By.partialLinkText locator for finding the link

Use Page Object Model pattern for maintainability

Close the browser after test execution

Automated Solution

Selenium Java

import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

import java.time.Duration;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;

public class PartialLinkTextTest {
    private WebDriver driver;
    private WebDriverWait wait;

    @BeforeEach
    public void setUp() {
        driver = new ChromeDriver();
        wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        driver.get("https://example.com/homepage");
    }

    @Test
    public void testNavigateUsingPartialLinkText() {
        // Locate link by partial link text 'Selenium'
        WebElement link = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.partialLinkText("Selenium")));
        link.click();

        // Wait for URL to contain 'selenium-automation'
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.urlContains("selenium-automation"));

        // Assert URL contains expected text
        String currentUrl = driver.getCurrentUrl();
        assertTrue(currentUrl.contains("selenium-automation"), "URL should contain 'selenium-automation'");

        // Assert page title contains expected text
        String title = driver.getTitle();
        assertTrue(title.contains("Selenium Automation"), "Title should contain 'Selenium Automation'");
    }

    @AfterEach
    public void tearDown() {
        if (driver != null) {
            driver.quit();
        }
    }
}

This test uses Selenium WebDriver with JUnit 5 to automate the manual test case.

Setup: We open Chrome browser and navigate to the homepage URL.

Test: We locate the link using By.partialLinkText("Selenium") which finds any link containing the word 'Selenium'. We wait until the link is clickable, then click it.

We then wait explicitly for the URL to contain 'selenium-automation' to ensure the page has loaded.

Assertions check that the current URL and page title contain the expected text, confirming correct navigation.

Teardown: The browser closes after the test to clean up.

This approach uses explicit waits to avoid timing issues and follows best practices for maintainability and reliability.

Common Mistakes - 3 Pitfalls

Using Thread.sleep() instead of explicit waits

Using By.linkText instead of By.partialLinkText when partial text is needed

Not closing the browser after test execution

Bonus Challenge

Now add data-driven testing with 3 different partial link texts to verify navigation for each.

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