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Java Selenium Web Scraping Upload Image [duplicate]

I have seen lots of questions and solutions on File upload using Selenium WebDriver on Stack Overflow. But none of them are working for following scenario.
Someone has given a solution as following
// assuming driver is a healthy WebDriver instance
WebElement fileInput = driver.findElement(By.name("uploadfile"));
fileInput.sendKeys("C:/path/to/file.jpg");
But still I can't find window handle. How can I work on that?
I am looking for a solution for the scenario above.
Please check this on any of the following websites.
http://www.uploadify.com/demos/
http://www.zamzar.com/

// assuming driver is a healthy WebDriver instance
WebElement fileInput = driver.findElement(By.name("uploadfile"));
fileInput.sendKeys("C:/path/to/file.jpg");
Hey, that's mine from somewhere :).
In case of the Zamzar web, it should work perfectly. You don't click the element. You just type the path into it. To be concrete, this should be absolutely ok:
driver.findElement(By.id("inputFile")).sendKeys("C:/path/to/file.jpg");
In the case of the Uploadify web, you're in a pickle, since the upload thing is no input, but a Flash object. There's no API for WebDriver that would allow you to work with browser dialogs (or Flash objects).
So after you click the Flash element, there'll be a window popping up that you'll have no control over. In the browsers and operating systems I know, you can pretty much assume that after the window has been opened, the cursor is in the File name input. Please, make sure this assumption is true in your case, too.
If not, you could try to jump to it by pressing Alt + N, at least on Windows...
If yes, you can "blindly" type the path into it using the Robot class. In your case, that would be something in the way of:
driver.findElement(By.id("SWFUpload_0")).click();
Robot r = new Robot();
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_C); // C
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_C);
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_COLON); // : (colon)
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_COLON);
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SLASH); // / (slash)
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SLASH);
// etc. for the whole file path
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER); // confirm by pressing Enter in the end
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
It sucks, but it should work. Note that you might need these: How can I make Robot type a `:`? and Convert String to KeyEvents (plus there is the new and shiny KeyEvent#getExtendedKeyCodeForChar() which does similar work, but is available only from JDK7).
For Flash, the only alternative I know (from this discussion) is to use the dark technique:
First, you modify the source code of you the flash application, exposing
internal methods using the ActionScript's ExternalInterface API.
Once exposed, these methods will be callable by JavaScript in the browser.
Second, now that JavaScript can call internal methods in your flash app,
you use WebDriver to make a JavaScript call in the web page, which will
then call into your flash app.
This technique is explained further in the docs of the flash-selenium project.
(http://code.google.com/p/flash-selenium/), but the idea behind the technique
applies just as well to WebDriver.

Below code works for me :
public void test() {
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://www.freepdfconvert.com/pdf-word");
driver.findElement(By.id("clientUpload")).click();
driver.switchTo()
.activeElement()
.sendKeys(
"/home/likewise-open/GLOBAL/123/Documents/filename.txt");
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.findElement(By.id("convertButton"));

Using C# and Selenium this code here works for me, NOTE you will want to use a parameter to swap out "localhost" in the FindWindow call for your particular server if it is not localhost and tracking which is the newest dialog open if there is more than one dialog hanging around, but this should get you started:
using System.Threading;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using OpenQA.Selenium;
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
private static extern bool SetForegroundWindow(IntPtr hWnd);
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "FindWindow")]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);
public static void UploadFile(this IWebDriver webDriver, string fileName)
{
webDriver.FindElement(By.Id("SWFUpload_0")).Click();
var dialogHWnd = FindWindow(null, "Select file(s) to upload by localhost");
var setFocus = SetForegroundWindow(dialogHWnd);
if (setFocus)
{
Thread.Sleep(500);
SendKeys.SendWait(fileName);
SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}");
}
}

I made use of sendkeys in shell scripting using a vbsscript file. Below is the code in vbs file,
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "C:\Demo.txt"
WshShell.SendKeys "{ENTER}"
Below is the selenium code line to run this vbs file,
driver.findElement(By.id("uploadname1")).click();
Thread.sleep(1000);
Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "wscript C:/script.vbs" );

Find the element (must be an input element with type="file" attribute) and send the path to the file.
WebElement fileInput = driver.findElement(By.id("uploadFile"));
fileInput.sendKeys("/path/to/file.jpg");
NOTE: If you're using a RemoteWebDriver, you will also have to set a file detector. The default is UselessFileDetector
WebElement fileInput = driver.findElement(By.id("uploadFile"));
driver.setFileDetector(new LocalFileDetector());
fileInput.sendKeys("/path/to/file.jpg");

There is a simpler way to solve this then what Slanec described. Hes solution works when you are using an English keyboard, if not you will have a hard time trying to "map" the key for special characters.
Instead of robot.keyPress and robot.keyRelease every single key you can use Toolkit to copy the String to the clipboard and then paste it.
StringSelection s = new StringSelection("Path to the file");
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(s, null);
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.keyRelease(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.keyPress(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyPress(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_V);
robot.keyRelease(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
Thread.sleep(3000);
robot.keyPress(java.awt.event.KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

First add the file to your project resource directory
then
public YourPage uploadFileBtnSendKeys() {
final ClassLoader classLoader = getClass().getClassLoader();
final File file = new File(classLoader.getResource("yourFile.whatever").getPath());
uploadFileBtn.sendKeys(file.getPath());
return this;
}
Walla, you will see your choosen selected file, and have skipped the file explorer window

Import System.Windows.Forms binary to the test solution and call the following two LOC on clicking the Upload button on the UI.
// Send the file path and enter file path and wait.
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("complete path of the file");
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}");

An alternative solution would be to write a script to automate the Open File dialog. See AutoIt.
Also, if you can't "click" the element, my workaround is generally to do this:
element.SendKeys(Keys.Enter);
Hope this helps (Even though it's an old post)

Below code works for me:
// wait for the window to appear
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.alertIsPresent());
// switch to the file upload window
Alert alert = driver.switchTo().alert();
// enter the filename
alert.sendKeys(fileName);
// hit enter
Robot r = new Robot();
r.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
r.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
// switch back
driver.switchTo().activeElement();

You have put double slash \\ for the entire absolute path to achieve this
Example:- D:\\images\\Lighthouse.jpg
Steps
- use sendkeys for the button having browse option(The button which will open
your window box to select files)
- Now click on the button which is going to upload you file
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[#id='files']")).sendKeys("D:\\images\\Lighthouse.jpg");
Thread.sleep(5000);
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//button[#id='Upload']")).click();

Use AutoIt Script To Handle File Upload In Selenium Webdriver. It's working fine for the above scenario.
Runtime.getRuntime().exec("E:\\AutoIT\\FileUpload.exe");
Please use below link for further assistance:
http://www.guru99.com/use-autoit-selenium.html

webDriver.FindElement(By.CssSelector("--cssSelector--")).Click();
webDriver.SwitchTo().ActiveElement().SendKeys(fileName);
worked well for me. Taking another approach provided in answer above by Matt in C# .net could also work with Class name #32770 for upload box.

The below one had worked for me
webDriver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[#type='file' and #name='importFile']")).sendKeys("C:/path/to/file.jpg");

Double the backslashes in the path, like this:
driver.findElement(browsebutton).sendKeys("C:\\Users\\Desktop\\Training\\Training.jpg");

WebDriver - how to get a page already open without modification

I need to enter a protected website.
Security requires a username and password, but with graphical components of Windows (no web code, like upload a file for example).
To skip this step, I coded a small Awt.Robot, which find and valid the 'pop-up' windows.
So I am with a web page open in the expected state.
How can I regain control, from this state, with WebDriver?
some kind of :
​​driver FirefoxDriver = new FireFoxDriver();
driver.get (page already open without modification and authentification);
Ideas?

To answer your question, it's not possible to take control of the already existing browser instance.
Some discussions:
How to use a already opened firefox for testing in Selenium

Getting around the JS popups is not easy and straightforward, using Robot solution is flaky. It will not work on Remote browsers etc.
Send username and password through url like http://username:password#your-app.com. Did you try something like below?
String url = "http://username:password#your-app.com";
driver.get(url);

Thanks to you, nilesh, I had an idea. I write for anyone who might encounter the same difficulty. My solution is made ​​very simple, I instantiate my driver and just before the get(url), I run my AWT.Robot is now a Thread. This allows me to not be bothered by the blocking property of driver.get(url);
private boolean openBrowserOnPage() {
try {
driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
// run the robot which extends Thread
RobotHabile robot = new RobotHabile();
robot.start();
// Open the browser
driver.get(url);
// Wait for robot action
while(robot.isAlive()){
// not much, wait
}
return true;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("Erreur : Impossible de se connecter/acceder au service '" + url + "'");
}
return false;
}
Hoping to help someone

For Purus, I will try again.
If I use WebDriver.driver.get(http://localhost/repository); the green popup appears, and that's all. The method will never finish. (1). This evil popup isn't a web component (not div, span, link, etc..) it's just a OS component (here Windows). It's impossible to manipulate this one with WebDriver.
So, just before WebDriver.driver.get(http://localhost/repository); I use a new class RobotHabile which extends Thread and use AWT.Robot.
The AWT.Robot can use keyboard, so when the evil popup appears(green), the Thread 1 is waiting for validation of the popup and with my RobotHabile robot = new RobotHabile();
robot.start();
With Thread 2 I can press my id, press tab for swith to password, press my pwd, and to finish press enter (2) .The robot does not target id and pwd fields. But as the popup already has focus, I can only fill with any character and tab key and enter. At this moment the evil popup is validate and the Thread 1 can normally continue.
better for your understanding ?

Bring the Firefox Browser to Front using selenium Java (Mac OSX)

I am using three instances of fire fox driver for automation.I need to bring current active firefox browser into front, Because I am using some robo classes for some opertation. I had tried java script alert for google chrome in mac ( same operation) and its worked fine. In windows used user32 lib. In the case of firefox mac its showing the alert in background but the web page is not come into front.
((JavascriptExecutor)this.webDriver).executeScript("alert('Test')");
this.webDriver.switchTo().alert().accept();
The above code I used for chrome in Mac. Same code is working and showing alert for firefox but the window is not coming to front.
Please suggest if there any other method for doing the same in firefox.

Store the window handle first in a variable, and then use it to go back to the window later on.
//Store the current window handle
String currentWindowHandle = this.webDriver.getWindowHandle();
//run your javascript and alert code
((JavascriptExecutor)this.webDriver).executeScript("alert('Test')");
this.webDriver.switchTo().alert().accept();
//Switch back to to the window using the handle saved earlier
this.webDriver.switchTo().window(currentWindowHandle);
Additionally, you can try to maximise the window after switching to it, which should also activate it.
this.webDriver.manage().window().maximize();

Try switching using the window name:
driver.switchTo().window("windowName");
Alternatively, you can pass a "window handle" to the switchTo().window() method. Knowing this, it’s possible to iterate over every open window like so:
for (String handle : driver.getWindowHandles()) {
driver.switchTo().window(handle);
}
Based on the Selenium documentation: http://docs.seleniumhq.org/docs/03_webdriver.jsp

As described in other topics, you can use
driver.manage().window().setPosition(new Point(-2000, 0));
too.

# notifications for selenium
chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
prefs = {"profile.default_content_setting_values.notifications": 2}
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)
current_path = os.getcwd() # current working path
chrome_path = os.path.join(current_path, 'chromedriver')
browser = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path=chrome_path, chrome_options=chrome_options)
browser.switch_to.window(browser.current_window_handle)
browser.implicitly_wait(30)
browser.maximize_window()
browser.get("http://facebook.com")

Only thing that worked for me on mac: self.driver.fullscreen_window().

Can Selenium WebDriver open a link in a new tab from the current window [duplicate]

I want to be able to open a link in a new tab in Selenium 2. Also i want to close the tab when i am finished interacting with the page. How is this possible if I have a WebElement of an <a> tag?
I am using the Java API of Selenium 2 with the Firefox Driver, running on Firefox 4.

The way I figure out for selenium 2, work fine for Chrome and firefox, IE has security check issue:
Set<String> winSet = webDriver.getWindowHandles();
List<String> winList = new ArrayList<String>(winSet);
String newTab = winList.get(winList.size() - 1);
webDriver.close(); // close the original tab
webDriver.switchTo().window(newTab); // switch to new tab

At the moment, the Selenium WebDriver API doesn't have any way of handling tabs. The project would really need a consistent, cross-browser set of methods for managing tabs before I would expect to see an implementation in one of the language bindings like Java. Until then, your JavaScript solution may be the only way, and remember that your code would then be responsible for managing the lifetime of that tab.

to use selenium at its best we at sol-logics combine it with java.awt.robot class. you can send keys that can close a browser window. try using
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_W);
and reply if it works

Took awhile (~2 weeks) for me to track down the right sequence of commands, but this is by far the easiest method I've found for a Win7/Chrome setup to open a link in a new tab AND switch to the new tab automatically.
WARNING! Make sure to always perform the keyUp actions. If you fail to perform keyUp your system will keep those keys pressed until a reboot or keyUp occurs.
Windows 7/Chrome:
WebElement elem = driver.findElement(By.linkText("MyLinkText"));
// Chrome key combos:
// SHIFT + CTRL + click = Open in new tab (and switch to new tab)
// SHIFT + CTRL + RETURN = Open in new tab (in background)
Actions act = new Actions(driver);
act.keyDown(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.LEFT_SHIFT).perform();
// Wrap in a try/catch during implementation to ensure you perform keyUp(s).
elem.click();
act.keyUp(Keys.LEFT_CONTROL).keyDown(Keys.LEFT_SHIFT).perform();
Note: I know it's an old thread, I just wanted to catalog the solution here because I couldn't find a more elegant solution and wanted to save someone else a little time (hopefully :).
Edit: Typo

Here is how i did it using Python.
This solution is a bit dirty but it works if you want to close the tab.
Im mimicking the mac shortcut CMD + W to close a tab, if you are running windows you may have to implement a different key combination.
import from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium import webdriver
driver = webdriver.Firefox()
driver.get("http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_in_-2_p_lbr_brands_browse-_2895?rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A!493964%2Cn%3A502394%2Cp_lbr_brands_browse-bin%3ALytro")
action_chains = ActionChains(driver)
action_chains.key_down(Keys.COMMAND + "w")
action_chains.perform()
action_chains.key_up(Keys.COMMAND + "w")
driver.implicitly_wait(5)

What I use is the Robor class.
Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_W);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_W);
This makes the Robot rapidly press and release the CTRL + W keys to simulate a user interaction. If you only use keyPress event, this will close all the tabs and windows of the WebDriver.
Hope I helped you.

Selenium WebDriver's Keys.chord() function does not work in Internet Explorer (9)

I've been using keyboard shortcuts in Selenium to perform UI functions, and I've been using Keys.chord() to simulate simultaneous key presses. They work just fine in Firefox and Chrome, but not in Internet Explorer. In IE, it seems that each Key press is executed separately instead of together.
The following line works in Firefox and Chrome, but not in IE:
driver.findElement(By.id(id)).sendKeys(Keys.chord(Keys.SHIFT, Keys.ARROW_LEFT));
I've also tried the Actions class in IE, to no avail:
Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
builder.keyDown(driver.findElement(By.id(id)), Keys.SHIFT).sendKeys(Keys.ARROW_LEFT).perform();
If anyone can help me figure out a workaround for this (or if it should be working and that I'm just doing it wrong), it would be much appreciated! Thanks.

I posted a similar issue earlier today.
Couldnt come up with a selenium solution, so used this workaround instead:
import java.awt.Robot
...
Robot robot;
try {
robot = new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ARROW_LEFT);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ARROW_LEFT);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
}catch (AWTException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Hope that may help

The current driver (2.45) with default options uses PostMessage which is unreliable for simulating modifier keys [1] [2]. If you set the IE option "RequireWindowFocus" to true then the driver will use SendInput instead which will work.
If using C#, you would create the driver like this:
var options = new InternetExplorerOptions();
options.RequireWindowFocus = true;
var driver = new InternetExplorerDriver(options);
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/05/30/423202.aspx
PostMessage WM_KEYDOWN send multiply keys?