Not able to upload file using sendKeys()- Please help

[garvitag...@gmail.com]

Hi,

 I need to upload a file. There are 2 options :

1. Select file input field and sendKeys()

2. AutoIT

1. sendKeys() : I am using below code to send file path 

WebElement elem = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@id='patent-upload-container']/span/input"));

elem.click();   // working fine

elem.sendKeys("C:/driver/test.exe");     //not working

I tried using different xpath, css, by name. Its not helping. No error is coming, but file is not getting uploaded.

2.autoIT: As an alternative, i clicked element that opened window dialog box. I wrote autoIt script and that is working perfect;y fine. 

Issue is : I need to give generic path. I have to run my test on windows and lynx both. So we are having central repository codes where file is stored.

If i use : ControlSetText("Open","","[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]","M:\codes\ipd\apps\evsd_documents\tests\Glucose_sensors_importable_test10.xlsx") it works fine. 

If i use : ControlSetText("Open","","[CLASS:Edit; INSTANCE:1]","..\codes\ipd\apps\evsd_documents\tests\Glucose_sensors_importable_test10.xlsx") it gives error.

Please help me if anyone has faced this scenario.

Here is html code of select file element :

Thanks,

Garvita Girotra

[Xiang Dong]

remove elem.click();   and try again, no need to get the file dialog popup. Selenium is not able to handle it.

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Thanks,

Garvita Girotra

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[garvitag...@gmail.com]

Hi David,

Its already commented. Still, i deleted it. I am not getting results. 

I tried sending "Hello" except whole file path just to get idea even if its executing. I got error, not absolute path.

Thanks,

Garvita

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[Xiang Dong]

Your input seems only accept .xls, .xlsx, could you send a right file to it? the exe file will be rejected.

Best Regards,

--david

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[sam khan]

Hi Garvita

exe file will be rejected possibily you can use ROBOT class, just given below hope it will work.

package twit;



import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;


public class UploadImg {

public static void main(String args[]) throws InterruptedException, AWTException{
   
   
    WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
    {
    driver.get("http://imgur.com/upload");
    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[5]/div/span[1]/div/div/div[2]/div[2]/label")).click();
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/div[5]/div/span[1]/div/div/div[2]/div[1]")).sendKeys("/home/Downloads/bc89ed638d1192c8f082f47806dfaf9c.jpg");
    Robot robot = new Robot();
    Thread.sleep(1000);
 


    
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_V);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_V);
    Thread.sleep(1000);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    
    }
    
    
    
    
}
}

[pranab singh]

Hi Garvita,

Please ensure that the xpath/css/etc is clicking the text box where you need to provide the path of the file to be uploaded.

Try the below , hope it would work fine.Its same as how sam khan has given the solution.

                setClipboardData("Provide the path of the file to be uploaded with extension");

                                              eg-"C:\Users\ISILDT10015\Downloads\GBS\Software\build.xml" or file.xls etc

driver.switchTo();

Thread.sleep(3000);

Robot robot = new Robot();

robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);

robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_V);

robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_V);

robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);

Thread.sleep(2500);

public static void setClipboardData(String string) {

  StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection(string);

  Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(stringSelection, null);

Thanks,

Pranab Chetri

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