CasperJS - using jQuery. ReferenceError: Can't find variable: jQuery/$

Question

I'm writing code that involves jQuery in CasperJS. By chance, could someone point out the error I've made in including jQuery? (After 45 minutes of searching, I'm starting to think it's a local problem.)

I have tried both of the following:

casper.page.injectJs('C:\sweeps\jquery-1.10.2.min.js');

and

var casper = require('casper').create({
clientScripts: ["C:\sweeps\jquery-1.10.2.min.js"]
});

Code:

// sample.js
var casper = require('casper').create();

var login = "some username"; 
var password = "some password";

casper.start('https://www.paypal.com/us/home', function() {
    this.fillXPath('form.login', {
        '//input[@name="login_email"]':    login,
        '//input[@name="login_password"]':    password,
    }, true);
});

casper.page.injectJs('C:\sweeps\jquery-1.10.2.min.js');

$("input[name='submit.x']").click();

   setTimeout(function(){ 
   setTimeout(function(){ 

casper.run(function() {

this.captureSelector('example2.png', '#page');

    this.echo('Done.').exit();

});

}, 30000); }, 1);

Output:

ReferenceError: Can't find cariable: jQuery
C:/sweeps/test2.js:21

The same result comes when "jQuery" is switched to "$".

EDIT: I've also tried relative pathing.

My reference is: Can I use jQuery with CasperJS?

Answer 1

Read this Casper#evaluate()

The concept behind this method is probably the most difficult to understand when discovering CasperJS. As a reminder, think of the evaluate() method as a gate between the CasperJS environment and the one of the page you have opened; everytime you pass a closure to evaluate(), you're entering the page and execute code as if you were using the browser console.

casper.evaluate(function() {
    $("input[name='submit.x']").click();
});

You need to use the jQuery selector as if you were in a browser.

Answer 2

Your path to the javascript file should be a URI relative to your HTML file, not a file-system path. Assuming your files are in the c:\\sweepstakes folder, try

var casper = require('casper').create({
  clientScripts: ["jquery-1.10.2.min.js"]
});

Also, use your browser's network/dev tools to see if your jQuery library is being downloaded or not.