How do we Refresh or Reload a Page in Virtuoso

About Article:

This article will describe how to achieve the following:

Reload or refresh a page using an extension

Problem Statement:

There are instances where customers want to reload or refresh the current page of the Application Under Tests.

Solution:

Reload/Refresh page in the Journey using extension: 

Users can create an extension using the following code:

function refreshPage() {

    window.location.reload();

}

refreshPage();

Steps to use it:

1. Navigate to the Extensions tab
2. Create a new Extension and name it “ReloadPage”
3. Copy the code into the Extension named ReloadPage
4. Save the Extension
5. Navigate to the Step in the Journey where the page needs to be reloaded
6. Create a new Step with NLP - Execute ReloadPage
7. Execute the Journey

Reload/Refresh page in the Journey using In-line extension: 

Users can create an Inline-extension step using the following code in the journey:

• Execute "window.location.reload()"

Reload/Refresh page in the LA using DevTools:

1. Open the LA preview
2. Navigate to the Network tab
3. Press Ctrl+R to reload the page on Virtuoso browser