How to upload a picture in python selennium with a complicated HTML situation

Question

I'm setting up a automatisation of a upload process of a website and I am struggeling right now with uploading a picture.

Normally you would use

uploadBtn.send_keys(Path)

, but the image would just not upload. I have also been trying to implement some Javascript, so I added an attribute "type=file"

My Python code:

uploadInput = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(.,\"Browse\")]")#
jsSetAttributeFileInput = "arguments[0].setAttribute(\"type\",\"file\")"
driver.execute_script(jsSetAttributeFileInput, uploadInput)
uploadInput.send_keys(design["DesignPath"])

The HTML of the Website:

<a href="javascript:void(0)"> Browse </a>

I expect the result to upload my picture, but it just does not upload it. I don't get any errors, but it's just not uploading. I think it has something to do with the HTML, because it is an 'a'-tag instead of an 'input'-tag

You can refer this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/56168803/4513879 ... you can upload a picture using 'Robot Class' also. — Pradnya Bolli, May 31 '19 at 09:00
So what I did, I implemented a script of autoit, now its working! — Sem_jong, Jun 01 '19 at 02:31

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '19 at 05:59

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Try this:

uploadInput = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//a[contains(.,\"Browse\")]")
uploadInput.send_keys(os.getcwd()+"/image.png")

and find your submit button and click it.

Where os.getcwd() returns the current working directory. image.png is located right next to the running script in the same directory

answered May 31 '19 at 05:59

bharatk

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well, there is no submit button. thats the thing. The path also shouldnt be a problem – Sem_jong May 31 '19 at 06:00
@SamsSkills have you tried my solution without submit button. – bharatk May 31 '19 at 06:03
Now I tried it, but that didn't help. Still not uploading, I think it is because of the javascript, do you have a solution or workaround for that? – Sem_jong May 31 '19 at 06:17

How to upload a picture in python selennium with a complicated HTML situation

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