Send keys fills form to slow (Python + Selenium)

Question

Is there something faster I can use to fill forms since finding id's and sending info via .send_keys takes like 10 seconds for 7 fields. I'm using this currently but its way to slow for what I need it to do, thanks for any help.

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='order_billing_name']").send_keys("John Doe")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='order_email']").send_keys("supreme@gmail.com")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='order_tel']").send_keys("012-345-6789")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='bo']").send_keys("439 N Fairfax Ave")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='order_billing_city']").send_keys("Los Angeles")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='order_billing_zip']").send_keys("90036")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//*[@id='nnaerb']").send_keys("1111222233334444")

Is the delay in sending the keys, or in finding the elements? Try temporarily removing the `.send_keys(...)` from these calls and see if that makes a noticeable difference. — John Gordon, May 06 '18 at 05:29
@JohnGordon how can I test that? I'm able to grab item I need and size in under 2 seconds when finding elements however the checkout page just takes long. Even when sendkey is typing it's very slow — Joe Cook, May 06 '18 at 06:21

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 07 '18 at 02:25

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I had this problem a few hours ago. Instead of send_keys() use

driver.execute_script("document.getElementById('idName').setAttribute('value','text_to_put');

edited May 07 '18 at 02:25

JeffC

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answered May 06 '18 at 05:30

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Thank you, it worked perfect and very fast. I tried to do the same method for drop down menu select but that didn't work as well haha. Any suggestions? – Joe Cook May 06 '18 at 09:06
I'm not sure but I would assume you would click it first then try to `.click` the right option, have not tried it though – Shahriyar Shawon May 06 '18 at 11:41
Just to clarify - this is for finding an element faster, not for making send_keys faster (when much input is used). Also, does this method support XPATH finding? – Roel Van de Paar Jun 06 '19 at 10:07

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 19 '21 at 15:55

To fill the form fields quicker you can use induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and then use execute_script() as follows:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

text_to_insert = "John Doe"
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].value = '" + text_to_insert + "';", WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "#order_billing_name"))))

Using XPATH:

text_to_insert = "John Doe"
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].value = '" + text_to_insert + "';", WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//*[@id='order_billing_name']"))))

Note : You have to add the following imports :

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

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