How to input some text into input field using Selenium Python?

Question

Code trials:

voucher_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located ((By.NAME, "voucher")))

I tried changing the name for input field in code still didn't fix it

Answer 1

Assuming the relevant HTML of the element being:

<input name="voucher" ...>

To send a character sequence to the element instead of presence_of_element_located() you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following locator strategies:

• Using NAME:

  voucher_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.NAME, "voucher")))
  

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

  voucher_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input[name='voucher']")))
  

• Using XPATH:

  voucher_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@name='voucher']")))
  

• 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
  

Answer 2

After locating the input field, you can use the send_keys() method to input text into it.

voucher_input = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.NAME, "voucher")))
voucher_input.send_keys("your text here")