How to automate file upload in chrome using selenium?

Question

On an Ubuntu machine I try to automate file upload but I am unable to do so in Chrome using selenium. I tried with Robot class and normal send keys method.

Please refer my code:

StringSelection select = new StringSelection("/home/manojnn/Desktop/OrderDetails.xlsx"); Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(select,null);

 System.out.println("selection" +select); driver.findElement(By.xpath("//label[text()='Upload']")).click(); Thread.sleep(3000); Robot robot = new Robot(); Thread.sleep(1000); // Press Enter robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER); // Release Enter robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER); // Press CTRL+V robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL); robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_V); // Release CTRL+V robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL); robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_V); Thread.sleep(1000); robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER); robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER); 

Answer 1

You don't need to click on upload button and handle upload prompt, but just to send path to file to appropriate input field. Try following solution and let me know if it not works:

driver.findElement(By.xpath('//input[@type="file"]')).sendKeys("/home/manojnn/Desktop/OrderDetails.xlsx"); 

Answer 2

You can use the external tool like AUTOIT and can use it with selenium for upload purpose. Try this link https://www.seleniumeasy.com/selenium-tutorials/upload-a-file-using-selenium-webdriver-with-autoit

Answer 3

for file upload you need to do directly pass file path on the uploadfile text field. use beloe driver.findElement(By.xpath(uploadTextFiledElementId)).sendKeys("filepath");