Multiple file upload via setValue fails

[John Losh]

If I pass a single file to setValue in my NW test it succeeds but if I try to pass an array of 2 files for upload it fails with 'invalid argument: file not found'. 

The verbose output appears to show the 2 file paths as a single string - (both file paths have been verified):

 "c:\code\nightwatch\test_files\test_auto1.mp4 c:\code\nightwatch\test_files\test_auto2.mp4".

Test code:

const filePath1 = require('path').resolve('./test_files/test_auto1.mp4 ');

const filePath2 = require('path').resolve('./test_files/test_auto2.mp4');

........

      .setValue('input[type=file]', [filePath1, filePath2]); // << multi-file fails

      .setValue('input[type=file]', [filePath1]);  // << single file works

Thanks in advance for any advice or assistance!

[Christian Skubatz]

Hi John,

we are uploading multiple files in this way

const path = require('path');

...

sectionMediaContent.setValue('@fileUpload', path.resolve(

`${__dirname}/../../../../etc/upload/documentMedium/01_documentMedium_DOC_Microsoft-Word-Document.doc`

+ `\n${__dirname}/../../../../etc/upload/documentMedium/02_documentMedium_DOCX_Microsoft-Word-Open-XML-Document.docx`

+ `\n${__dirname}/../../../../etc/upload/documentMedium/03_documentMedium_DOT_Word-Document-Template.dot`

+ `\n${__dirname}/../../../../etc/upload/documentMedium/04_documentMedium_DOTX_Word-Open-XML-Document-Template.dotx`

+ `\n${__dirname}/../../../../etc/upload/documentMedium/05_documentMedium_ODT_OpenDocument-Text-Document.odt`

+ `\n${__dirname}/../../../../etc/upload/documentMedium/06_documentMedium_OTT_OpenDocument-Document-Template.ott`

+ `\n${__dirname}/../../../../etc/upload/documentMedium/07_documentMedium_PDF_Portable-Document-Format-File.pdf`,

));

FYI: This could possibly help you too: https://groups.google.com/g/nightwatchjs/c/gGYtX-R8Pzg/m/bLmSYaG6CAAJ
I have talked with our developers and now we "flush" the input after an upload, the workaround ist not needed anymore.

Hope it helps and works for you too.

Greetings,
Chris

[John Losh]

Thanks for your help Chris, using the '/n' in the string instead of using the array got things working for a local file upload.

Now my quest is to get this running in our cloud hosting provider, unfortunately the cloud-based browser has no concept of my local test file for upload. My attempts to pass a web-based URL to setValue() are failing with ".setElementValue() protocol action: invalid argument: File not found : http://USWIL-7540-JL/test_files/Auto_test1.mp4", (even though the URL is definitely valid). 

Is it possible that setValue will not locate a file from a web URL? I haven't seen anyone using a URL like this yet.

Thanks again!

-John.