Question

How to automate Uploading a file using selenium.

How to give file Path ??

My TextBox is Readonly. I cant type the file path directly in the textbox.

Also, how to stop the selinum server until that file completely uploaded.??

My File upload field is a invisible field. And i found its code using firebug add on.

Before adding a file code is like this.

<input id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_AsyncfileUpload_ClientState" type="hidden" name="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_AsyncfileUpload_ClientState" autocomplete="off" value="{'isEnabled':'true','uploadedFiles':[]}">

And after adding a file(doc file). The code changed to

<input id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_AsyncfileUpload_ClientState" type="hidden" name="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_AsyncfileUpload_ClientState" autocomplete="off" value="{'isEnabled':'true','uploadedFiles':[{"fileInfo":{"FileName":"scope.docx","ContentType":"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document","ContentLength":12887},"metaData":"/wEFsAF7IlRlbXBGaWxlTmFtZSI6ImZyeWd1NGNqLmt1YSIsIkFzeW5jVXBsb2FkVHlwZU5hbWUiOiJUZWxlcmlrLldlYi5VSS5VcGxvYWRlZEZpbGVJbmZvLCBUZWxlcmlrLldlYi5VSSwgVmVyc2lvbj0yMDExLjEuNTE5LjM1LCBDdWx0dXJlPW5ldXRyYWwsIFB1YmxpY0tleVRva2VuPTEyMWZhZTc4MTY1YmEzZDQiffOraDjiYXPavAAMYOUAVVhGEKk8"}]}">

What is the Xpath here?

I tried with xpath id=”ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_AsyncfileUpload_ClientState”. The code which i used is

selenium.type("id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_AsyncfileUpload_ClientState","c:\\docfile1.doc");

But its not working.

Help Me..

Answer 1

The XPath expression for this input would be //input[@id='ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_AsyncfileUpload_ClientState'].

However, I fear this won’t work since Selenium usually refuses to work with invisible elements. Also, hidden <inputs> are usually just containers for pre-filled data or containers for script-validated-and-edited data.

You should be looking for a <input type='file' /> if there’s some, or maybe a javascript handling the click on the enclosing element (but, frankly, that’s usually not the case – the scripts tend to act on edit of the input, not on the click on them).

If you can’t find it, post some more code. The best thing would be a SSCCE, so take the source of the page and make it naked, strip everything unnecessary for us from it. We love code. And we love anything that’s naked.

And about the wait for the upload to be complete: There’s no such default thing. If the file is sent during a usual form upload (by clicking the Submit button), then the browser will wait. If it is uploaded immediately, you’ll have to wait smartly. Realize what changes after a successful upload, then wait for that element/message to appear. With Selenium 2 (WebDriver), this can be done very easily.