Selenium IDE - checking for a 404 error

Question

Im trying to check if a url entered into the target field for the command "checkUrl" is valid or not using javascript, but i keep getting an error. There are multiple pages listed within the sites I'm testing and I have the need to verify if the pages have been added with the correct name, or even at all using the relative url.

Selenium.prototype.doCheckUrl = function(locator){
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();  

request.open('GET', locator, true);  
request.send();  

if (request.status === "404") {  
request.message = false ;

} 
}

Answer 1

It doesn't seem to exists a simple answer. You can take a look at the following answers:

• How do I ask Selenium IDE to check a HTTP Status Code (e.g. 2XX, 404, 500)
• Selenium IDE - always fail on any 500 error
• Checking HTTP Status Code in Selenium

Ektor

Answer 2

You can also see the full discussion here : https://code.google.com/p/selenium/issues/detail?id=141

But, it seems that the dev team is opposed to this feature :(