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How do I get the HTML in an element using Capybara?

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How do I get the HTML in an element using Capybara?

jonkruger

13:00 01-11-10

#01

I'm writing a cucumber test where I want to get the HTML in an element.

For example:

within 'table' do

# this works
find('//tr[2]//td[7]').text.should == "these are the <b>comments</b>"
# I want something like this (there is no "html" method)
find('//tr[2]//td[7]').html.should == "these are the &lt;b&gt;comments&lt;/b&gt;"

end

Anyone know how to do this?

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jonkruger

krakatoa1987

20:06 05-11-10

#02

Try this:

page.has_xpath?("//tr[2]//td[@class='comments' and contains(string(), 'these are the comments')]").should true

I can't figure it out how to access the seventh , so instead I would add it the "comments" class.