Selenium Upload a file - any method to mention the file path?

Question

Uploading a file scenario, i am mentioning the file path as like "D:\Workspace\MyProject\InputData\file1.jpg". Mentioning full system file path even the upload file is inside my project source folder.

StringSelection ss = new StringSelection("D:\Workspace\MyProject\InputData\file1.jpg"); 
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(ss, null);

But while I run my code in another machine - I need to update file path.

I tried following code because upload file is inside the source folder, but it hasn't worked

StringSelection ss = new StringSelection("InputData\file1.jpg"); 
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(ss, null);

Is it any other method to mention the file path (as like only mention source folder file path) without mentioning the system whole path?

One solution is to have the user of your program input the file path at runtime. — Onel Harrison, Mar 23 '17 at 04:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

You can specify the relative path for the file. For example, if you are writing above code in a class A which is under package X of your src directory, then you can specify path in following way:

StringSelection ss = new StringSelection("././InputData/file1.jpg"); 
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(ss, null);

For more details about how to specify relative paths in Java, refer to How to define a relative path in java.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 23 '17 at 05:17

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you can find your current path first

System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.dir"));

then find the file path base on your current path

answered Mar 23 '17 at 05:17

Alex Bruce

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 23 '17 at 05:18

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You can use:-

StringSelection ss = new StringSelection(System.getProperty("user.dir")+"<apend your path for the file>");

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Paras

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '17 at 08:42

Thanks for your response.

Finally I found a solution to the above question. I have used following code to fix it..

   //This will return the build absolute path in ss variable
   StringSelection ss=new StringSelection(uploadfile().getAbsolutePath()+"\\"+"TestJpegFile.jpeg");
   Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(ss, null);


//Call this function while setup your path 
public File uploadfile()
    {
        File datadir=new File("InputData\\images\\");
           try
           {
               if(!datadir.exists())
               {
                   datadir.mkdir();
               }
           }catch(Exception e)
           {
               e.printStackTrace();
           }
           return datadir;
    }

Selenium Upload a file - any method to mention the file path?

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