How to get text from the alert box

Question

I need to grab a text from the alert box shown below. This alert box appears hovering above the url bar. Below is an example of my framework assertion:

verifyDisplay("'"+ driver.switchTo().alert().getText() + "'", By.xpath("xpath").

I am not sure, how to grab xpath, id, name of this alert box, since there is none.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

There is a method in Alert interface which gives you the text of the alert box message. As below:

Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
alert.getText();

Alert API javadoc

Let me know if you need further help.