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The exists method returns if the Element selector exists on the page. Accepts a string of a css-style selector.

Accepts a 2nd parameter of options for granular control: wait, a boolean to inform Chrome to wait for it’s apperance before executing (defaults to true), and a timeout number in milliseconds to throw when it doesn’t appear.

Returns a boolean indicating existence.

JavaScript

const { Chrome } = require('navalia');
const chrome = new Chrome();

chrome.goto('https://www.google.com')
.then(() => chrome.exists('title'))
.then((result) => console.log(result)) // true
.then(() => chrome.done());

TypeScript

import { Chrome } from 'navalia';
const chrome = new Chrome();

function exists() {
  await chrome.goto('https://www.google.com');
  const result = await chrome.exists('title');
  console.log(result); // true
  chrome.done();
}

exists();