Getting validation message while trying to use sendKeys through Selenium and Java

Question

I have written a simple code to enter email in facebook login page. But while entering the email value through sendKeys i am getting validation like "The method sendKeys(String) is undefined for the type By". I have already checked the compliance version which is 1.8. So what is going wrong here??. Below is code snippet:

package SeleniumTests;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;

public class OpenFacebook {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","geckodriver path");
        WebDriver driver=new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.get("http:\\facebook.com");
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        driver.findElement(By.xpath("//[@id='email']").sendKeys("swarup.wipro@gmail.com");

    }

}

I am getting an option of Add cast to By.xpath as a quick fix. Can somebody explain the usage of this or is there any other solution available

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 24 '19 at 01:08

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As @KoustubhMadkaikar and @AndiCover mentioned, though adding the necessary closing bracket i.e. ) will solve the current issue but as per the best practices you should supply the tagName for your Locator Strategy to be robust and you can use either of the following solutions:

xpath:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@id='email']")).sendKeys("swarup.wipro@gmail.com");

cssSelector:

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input#email")).sendKeys("swarup.wipro@gmail.com");

answered Feb 24 '19 at 01:08

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upvote for adding the CSS Selector which is a faster way to locate the element. – C. Peck Feb 24 '19 at 02:52
Thanks DebanjanB for your suggestion. – Swarup Feb 25 '19 at 11:08
@Swarup What? suggestion ... I thought that was a canonical answer. – undetected Selenium Feb 25 '19 at 11:11
@DebanjanB By Suggestion i meant the "tagName for your locator startegy" part. Anyway thanks a ton for your answer. – Swarup Feb 26 '19 at 10:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 23 '19 at 21:17

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You missed closing round bracket ), use:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//[@id='email']")).sendKeys("swarup.wipro@gmail.com");

edited Feb 23 '19 at 21:17

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answered Feb 23 '19 at 20:00

Koustubh Madkaikar

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You missed closing round bracket [ ) ] – Koustubh Madkaikar Feb 23 '19 at 20:02

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '19 at 20:09

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A closing bracket is missing in your code before .sendKeys Try following:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//[@id='email']")).sendKeys("swarup.wipro@gmail.com");

answered Feb 23 '19 at 20:09

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Thanks,it solved my problem. I hope i can get rid of silly mistakes like these next time. – Swarup Feb 25 '19 at 11:09

Getting validation message while trying to use sendKeys through Selenium and Java

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