How can I check if some text exist or not in the page using Selenium?

There is no verifyTextPresent in Selenium 2 webdriver, so you've to check for the text within the page source. See some practical examples below.

Python

In Python driver you can write the following function:

def is_text_present(self, text):
    return str(text) in self.driver.page_source

then use it as:

try: self.is_text_present("Some text.")
except AssertionError as e: self.verificationErrors.append(str(e))

To use regular expression, try:

def is_regex_text_present(self, text = "(?i)Example|Lorem|ipsum"):
    self.assertRegex(self.driver.page_source, text)
    return True

See: FooTest.py file for full example.

Or check below few other alternatives:

self.assertRegexpMatches(self.driver.find_element_by_xpath("html/body/div[1]/div[2]/div/div[1]/label").text, r"^[\s\S]*Weather[\s\S]*$")
assert "Weather" in self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("div.classname1.classname2>div.clearfix>label").text

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Java

In Java the following function:

public void verifyTextPresent(String value)
{
  driver.PageSource.Contains(value);
}

and the usage would be:

try
{
  Assert.IsTrue(verifyTextPresent("Selenium Wiki"));
  Console.WriteLine("Selenium Wiki test is present on the home page");
}
catch (Exception)
{
  Console.WriteLine("Selenium Wiki test is not present on the home page");
}

^{Source: Using verifyTextPresent in Selenium 2 Webdriver}

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Behat

For Behat, you can use Mink extension. It has the following methods defined in MinkContext.php:

/**
 * Checks, that page doesn't contain text matching specified pattern
 * Example: Then I should see text matching "Bruce Wayne, the vigilante"
 * Example: And I should not see "Bruce Wayne, the vigilante"
 *
 * @Then /^(?:|I )should not see text matching (?P<pattern>"(?:[^"]|\\")*")$/
 */
public function assertPageNotMatchesText($pattern)
{
    $this->assertSession()->pageTextNotMatches($this->fixStepArgument($pattern));
}

/**
 * Checks, that HTML response contains specified string
 * Example: Then the response should contain "Batman is the hero Gotham deserves."
 * Example: And the response should contain "Batman is the hero Gotham deserves."
 *
 * @Then /^the response should contain "(?P<text>(?:[^"]|\\")*)"$/
 */
public function assertResponseContains($text)
{
    $this->assertSession()->responseContains($this->fixStepArgument($text));
}

This will help you to check whether required text is there in webpage or not.

driver.getPageSource().contains("Text which you looking for");

You could retrieve the body text of the whole page like this:

bodyText = self.driver.find_element_by_tag_name('body').text

then use an assert to check it like this:

self.assertTrue("the text you want to check for" in bodyText)

Of course, you can be specific and retrieve a specific DOM element's text and then check that instead of retrieving the whole page.

With XPath, it's not that hard. Simply search for all elements containing the given text:

List<WebElement> list = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//*[contains(text(),'" + text + "')]"));
Assert.assertTrue("Text not found!", list.size() > 0);

The official documentation is not very supportive with tasks like this, but it is the basic tool nonetheless.

The JavaDocs are greater, but it takes some time to get through everything useful and unuseful.

To learn XPath, just follow the internet. The spec is also a surprisingly good read.

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EDIT:

Or, if you don't want your Implicit Wait to make the above code wait for the text to appear, you can do something in the way of this:

String bodyText = driver.findElement(By.tagName("body")).getText();
Assert.assertTrue("Text not found!", bodyText.contains(text));