conditional-logic Scenario 2 — Accept Cookie Consent Before Scraping

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Beginner ~4 min

What You'll Learn

Accept cookie consent banners conditionally

Real-World Use Case

Complying with GDPR cookie prompts

LIVE DEMO

Cookie Consent

Accept the cookie banner before extracting the team table.

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Name	Role	Department
Alice Smith	Engineer	Platform
Bob Jones	Designer	Product
Carol White	Manager	Operations
Dan Green	Analyst	Data
Eve Black	Developer	Mobile

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Content Rows

name	role	department
Alice Smith	Engineer	Platform
Bob Jones	Designer	Product
Carol White	Manager	Operations
Dan Green	Analyst	Data
Eve Black	Developer	Mobile

RTILA X PROJECT JSON

RTILA X Automation Project

accept-cookie-consent.json

{
  "name": "Accept_Cookie_Consent",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/conditional-logic/2"
    ]
  },
  "datasets": {
    "content_rows": {
      "item_selector": "css=.content-table tbody tr",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "name",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=td:nth-child(1)"
        },
        {
          "name": "role",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=td:nth-child(2)"
        },
        {
          "name": "department",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=td:nth-child(3)"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=#cookie-consent"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "if",
      "params": {
        "condition": {
          "type": "element_visible",
          "selector": "css=#cookie-consent"
        },
        "then": [
          {
            "command": "click",
            "params": {
              "selector": "css=#accept-cookies"
            }
          },
          {
            "command": "wait",
            "params": {
              "timeout": 1000
            }
          }
        ],
        "else": []
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=.content-table"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "content_rows"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Cookie banners often block page interactions. This scenario uses an if guard to check whether the banner exists, click the accept button, and then extract the data from the now-visible table.

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This scenario covers 2 RTILA X commands and is referenced in 2 learning articles.

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