Is there a way to retrieve the value of a variable from javascript in katalon recorder?

[sondre]

I have a variable in the page’s javascript whose value determines the colors of an icon, and I need to confirm if the colors are correct. Since the colros are stored in a list, if I can get my hands on the variable I should be able to check it easily enough, but so far my attempts have not yielded any results.

I am probably missing something obvious here, but is there a simple way to retrieve the value of a javascript variable using katalon recorder?

[kazurayam]

@sondre

the colors of an icon, and I need to confirm if the colors are correct.

How to verify CSS attribute in Katalon Recorder?

Hi Jonathan Using this very post to create an example script with, I put together the following line of code that will do what you have said: Command: assertEval Target: window.document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(window.document.getElementsByClassName(‘title_header_detail_discussion’)[0]).getPropertyValue(‘color’) Value: rgb(105, 105, 105) In this case, as the CSS colour attribute is not being applied directly to the element (the post header/title in this case), the attribute is an inheri…

Window.getComputedStyle() - Web APIs | MDN

[guy.mason]

If kazurayam’s suggestion to read the values directly from the CSS attributes defined in the DOM, and you really do need to read the value of a JS variable, then the following page may help:

Is it still possible to access javascript variables with Selenium IDE?

[sondre]

Thanks, using
runScript|return window.variableName|katalonVariableName
worked.