pagination Scenario 4 — Load More Button (5 clicks)

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Intermediate ~6 min

Prerequisites: pagination/1 pagination/2

What You'll Learn

Click a load-more button in a loop

Real-World Use Case

Handling sites without classic pagination

LIVE DEMO

Result 1

The first paginated search result available on this demonstration page.

Result 2

The second paginated search result available on this demonstration page.

Result 3

The third paginated search result available on this demonstration page.

Result 4

The fourth paginated search result available on this demonstration page.

Result 5

The fifth paginated search result available on this demonstration page.

Result 6

The sixth paginated search result available on this demonstration page.

EXPECTED OUTPUT

RTILA X PROJECT JSON

    {
  "name": "Load_More_Items",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/pagination/4"
    ]
  },
  "datasets": {
    "load_more_items": {
      "item_selector": "css=.listing-item",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "title",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.listing-title"
        },
        {
          "name": "description",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.listing-desc"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=.listing-item"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "load_more_items"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "repeat",
      "params": {
        "times": 5,
        "do": [
          {
            "command": "click",
            "params": {
              "selector": "css=.load-more-btn"
            }
          },
          {
            "command": "wait",
            "params": {
              "timeout": 2000
            }
          },
          {
            "command": "extract_data",
            "params": {
              "dataset": "load_more_items"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

The repeat command runs exactly five cycles. Each cycle clicks the Load More button, waits for new items to render, and extracts the updated list. This works well when the number of button clicks is known in advance.

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This scenario covers 3 RTILA X commands and is referenced in 2 learning articles.

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