Selenium using python

Question

I am trying to post something on http://indianrailforums.in using selenium script. I am able to login and reach this page: http://indiarailinfo.com/blog using the selenium script, but after I click post button I am not able to send text in the text area.

This is my code:

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC driver = webdriver.Firefox() driver.get("http://indiarailinfo.com") element = driver.find_element_by_name("e") element.send_keys("[email protected]") element = driver.find_element_by_name("p") element.send_keys("suvrit") element.submit() driver.get("http://indiarailinfo.com/blog") element = driver.find_element_by_link_text('Post') element.click() element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div[5]/table/tbody/tr/td[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/form/textarea") #element.sendKeys(Keys.HOME + "abc"); #element = driver.find_element_by_name("TrainBlog") element.send_keys("suvrit") #driver.quit()

EDIT: Issue solved by using submit button and using driver.implicitly_wait(10) just before calling xpath

When you say you are "not able to send text" - what actually happens? What errors or behaviour do you see? — DNA, CommentedMar 21, 2015 at 20:14
Nothing happens after the post option is clicked a text area comes and then it all stops — Legendary_Hunter, CommentedMar 21, 2015 at 20:17
whereas what I want is I want to write in that text area which comes after clicking post — Legendary_Hunter, CommentedMar 21, 2015 at 20:29

Esdes · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-21 20:38:07Z

I was able to post with PhantomJS driver. It should work with Firefox either.

My code is:

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.common.exceptions import TimeoutException from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC driver = webdriver.PhantomJS() driver.get("http://indiarailinfo.com") element = driver.find_element_by_name("e") element.send_keys("[email protected]") element = driver.find_element_by_name("p") element.send_keys("suvrit") element.submit() driver.get("http://indiarailinfo.com/blog") element = driver.find_element_by_link_text('Post') element.click() element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div[5]/table/tbody/tr/td[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/form/textarea") print element.tag_name #element.sendKeys(Keys.HOME + "abc"); #element = driver.find_element_by_name("TrainBlog") element.send_keys("chuh-pook") element.submit() #driver.quit()

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-21 21:07:21Z

The problem is that you have not submitted the form. Either call submit():

element = driver.find_element_by_xpath("/html/body/div[1]/div[5]/table/tbody/tr/td[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div/div/form/textarea") element.send_keys("suvrit") element.submit() # it would find the parent form and submit it

Or, click the post button:

post = driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input.postbtn') post.click()

NO luck still the same. And yes I am getting an error which is this pastebin.com/ngM2fwfZ — Legendary_Hunter, CommentedMar 22, 2015 at 5:20
Done by adding the submit as well as driver.implicitly_wait(10) just before x path.Thanx a lot — Legendary_Hunter, CommentedMar 22, 2015 at 5:58

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