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loops Scenario 3 — Wait for Loading Spinner and Extract

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Intermediate ~6 min
Prerequisites: loops/1 loops/2

What You'll Learn

Poll for a loading spinner to disappear

Real-World Use Case

Waiting for dynamic content to load

LIVE DEMO

EXPECTED OUTPUT

RTILA X PROJECT JSON 

    {
  "name": "Wait_For_Loading_Spinner",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/loops/3"
    ],
    "headless": false,
    "navigation_timeout": 30000,
    "max_concurrent_workers": 1,
    "humanoidEnabled": true,
    "humanoidSensitivity": "medium"
  },
  "datasets": {
    "posts": {
      "item_selector": "css=.post-item",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "content",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.post-content"
        },
        {
          "name": "author",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.post-author"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "goto",
      "params": {
        "url": "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/loops/3"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=.loading-spinner"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "while",
      "params": {
        "condition": {
          "type": "element_visible",
          "selector": "css=.loading-spinner"
        },
        "do": [
          {
            "command": "wait",
            "params": {
              "timeout": 2000
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=.post-item"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "posts"
      }
    }
  ]
}

RTILA X Concepts

A while loop can poll for a loading indicator. Once the spinner is no longer visible, the automation waits for the post items and extracts them.

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This scenario covers 2 RTILA X commands and is referenced in 2 learning articles.

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