Get current URL with selenium - url

Question

Hello
I would like to get the current url of the page after a click on link. When I click on the link (of the 1rst page), the link open a new page (2nd page), and I want get the url of the 2nd page but when I call GetCurrentUrl(), the method return the url of the first page.
This is my code :
String att = driver.findElement(By.linkText("Lien 2")).getAttribute("href");
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Lien 2")).click(); // Open a the 2nd page
driver.manage().timeouts().pageLoadTimeout(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
String act = driver.getCurrentUrl(); // Return the url of the 1rst page; but I want the 2nd
System.out.println("act "+act+" att "+att);
assertEquals(act, att);
Thanks very much for the help !

Answer 1

Instead of the change to pageloadTimeout(), try manually waiting for the Url to change (this is what I'm doing in my code so thought I'd answer).
Insert the function definition below into your code.
The function prints the current URL in a loop so its helpful to debug any problems.
Change the value "30" in WebDriverWait(driver, 30)) if you want a longer timeout.
Make sure to call the function as follows:
try {
waitForUrl(the-url-you-want-to-wait-for);
} catch (Exception ex) {
//handle exception
}
Function:
/**
* Wait until the current page's URL changes to whatever you specify.
* #param Url The URL you want to wait for.
*/
protected static void waitForUrl(WebDriver driver, final String Url) throws Exception {
try {
(new WebDriverWait(driver, 30)).until(new ExpectedCondition<Boolean>() {
public Boolean apply(WebDriver d) {
System.out.println(d.getCurrentUrl());
return d.getCurrentUrl().toLowerCase().endsWith(Url);
}
});
}
catch (TimeoutException e) {
throw new Exception("Timeout Exception encountered while waiting for URL " + Url + ": \n" + e.getMessage());
}
}