Dealing with Javascript alert from browser with Capybara

Today while working on an automation script I came across this error, it’s basically a Javascript alert from the browser.

Modal dialog present (Selenium::WebDriver::Error::UnhandledAlertError)

A quick way to automate this if you are using Capybara, execute this command in your step definitions:

To accept the alert:

page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert.accept

To dismiss the alert:

page.driver.browser.switch_to.alert.dismiss

Tags: browser, capybara, error, Javascript, Selenium