Please don't do this!
A self-redirect initiated by the JavaScript to a page can make it very difficult to write a test for that page.
The test script is unable to determine whether the page has completed the redirect without checking the url.
In this example, try to write a test to get the "Horray" message.
Example script:
click | css=button
waitForCondition | selenium.getText('css=button') == "Done" | 10000
click | css=button
| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script> | |
| <script src="script.js"></script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <button id="go"> | |
| Go | |
| </button> | |
| <div id="result"></div> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
| /* global $ */ | |
| var redirectTimer; | |
| var ready = false; | |
| var someSpecialString = '?hello'; | |
| if (window.location.search != someSpecialString) { | |
| // Simulate some random loading time here | |
| redirectTimer = setTimeout(function () { | |
| // Redirect! | |
| window.location.search = someSpecialString; | |
| }, Math.random()*1000); | |
| } else { | |
| // If this page was already redirected, set it to ready | |
| ready = true; | |
| } | |
| $(function () { | |
| $('#go').on('click', function () { | |
| // Cancel redirect if this is clicked | |
| clearTimeout(redirectTimer); | |
| if (ready) { | |
| $('#result').text('Hooray!'); | |
| } else { | |
| $('#result').text('Boohoo :('); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| }); |