How to timeout a refresh page if element not visible C# and playwright.net

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I have a script below that refreshes the page automatically if an element is not visible using automation script, and this works but I want it to stop refreshing after a period of time e.g 20 seconds or a number of times if the element is not visible so the test will fail and so it doesn’t end up infinitely refreshing. The code below works if the element is visible but if the element is not visible, it keeps refreshing infinitely. Any idea how to resolve it please ? Thanks

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do {
await Page.ReloadAsync(new PageReloadOptions() { Timeout = 5000 }); } 
while (!await Page.IsVisibleAsync("input[name='elementname']"))

What I have tried:

I have tried the code below but it refreshes infinitely if the element is not visible:

C#

do {
await Page.ReloadAsync(new PageReloadOptions() { Timeout = 5000 }); } 
while (!await Page.IsVisibleAsync("input[name='elementname']"))

Posted 28-Dec-21 2:08am

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HarryPatrick · Answer 1 · 2024-02-29T03:40:00

Firstly if this is happening a lot, you could consider increasing the timeout to give the reload more time to complete per try.
In answer to your question, add an incrementing count and use that to trigger exit after a certain number of loops, something like this:

C#

int refreshCount = 0;
do {
    await Page.ReloadAsync(new PageReloadOptions() { Timeout = 5000 });
    refreshCount++;
} 
while (!await Page.IsVisibleAsync("input[name='elementname']") && refreshCount < 5)