Assert command for checking the url in selenium webdriver

Question

As there is no xpath and id for the url on the webpage, how can i check if my actual url is matching with the expected url?

I have provided my code below, but it did not work.

String Actualtext = driver.findElement(By.linkText("http://localhost:8080/imdb/homepage")).getText();
Assert.assertEquals(Actualtext, "http://localhost:8080/imdb/homepage" );
System.out.println("URL matching --> Part executed");

Answer 1

You can validate it against the 'current url' as

String URL = driver.getCurrentUrl();
Assert.assertEquals(URL, "http://localhost:8080/imdb/homepage" );

Answer 2

getText() is used to fetch the visible innertText, You can use the getAttribute method to fetch the url (for hyperlink), something like below

String Actualtext = driver.findElement("YourElementLocator").getAttribute("href")
Assert.assertEquals(Actualtext, "http://localhost:8080/imdb/homepage" );
System.out.println("URL matching --> Part executed");