How to validate if PDF is loaded or not in Selenium Webdriver?

Question

I have a link in Website which will redirect to PDF document after clicking I would like to check if PDF is loaded in the browser or not using selenium

I do not want to compare the text/content in the loaded PDF or checking the pdf extension in the URL.

Please let me know how to automate the above scenario appreciate the response ASAP

Answer 1

why don't you check normal http response. That will also work for a normal http page. Here is the code sample that you can use.

@Test

    public void sampleTest(){ //test method
        //your code
        boolean abletoOpenPDF=linkResponse(driver.getCurrentUrl());

    }

    public static boolean linkResponse(String url){
        try {
            HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(false);
            HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
            con.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
            return (con.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        }


}