How to get list of inputs using find element in Selenium

Question

I'm trying to enter OTP in the browser for each of 5 INPUTs. If I type in the codes myself, it jumps to the next INPUT. In Selenium, it stays on one input and tries to enter code in the first INPUT box.

input = browser.find_element(By.XPATH, "//form//input[@type='text']").send_keys("123456")

I want to get all inputs in the list and then enter OTP on each box by the loop.

Quick comment: Try to avoid using _Python built-ins_ (e.g `input`) as your variables names. — Timeless, Feb 04 '23 at 07:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 06 '23 at 00:54

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Get the elements and then iterate over them:

import time

for element in browser.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//form//input[@type='text']"):
    element.send_keys("some_string\n")
    time.sleep(0.5)

edited Feb 06 '23 at 00:54

JeffC

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answered Feb 04 '23 at 10:30

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I would suggest that you put the `browser.find_*` statement inside the loop itself in case the page changes after each entry. Also, you might want to add a 500ms wait after each `.send_keys()` to give the page a chance to process the change since from OP's description, manual entry moves the cursor. It will give the page a chance to run whatever JS it has when INPUT values are changed. – JeffC Feb 05 '23 at 17:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '23 at 12:36

To get all inputs in the list and then enter OTP on each box by the loop you need to use find_elements() to make a list of the <input> elements as follows:

input_elements = browser.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//form//input[@type='text']")
for input_element in input_elements:
    input_element.send_keys("123456")

How to get list of inputs using find element in Selenium

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