topic Re: In the new Dynatrace synthetics is there any support for jquery? in Synthetic Monitoring

In the new Dynatrace synthetics is there any support for jquery?

don_bonin — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:23:04 GMT

I'm looking for a better locator - CSS was never really designed to be a great locator, but jquery can do just about anything. since the new monitoring does not support xpath I'm hoping for a better alternative.

Re: In the new Dynatrace synthetics is there any support for jquery?

Philipp_Kastner — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:18:10 GMT

Hi @Don B.,

Dynatrace actually uses https://sizzlejs.com/ as CSS selector engine. As far as I know this is also what jQuery internally uses to select elements. You can for example you can use a locator like

a:contains('Github')

which would not be possible with standard CSS selectors.You will find more examples on the Sizzle webiste.

Kind regards, Philipp

Re: In the new Dynatrace synthetics is there any support for jquery?

don_bonin — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:13:11 GMT

This is exactly what I was hoping for, thanks!