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pythonseleniumuploaddialog
user3591362
user3591362

Reputation: 11

Select a file in an already open dialog box with python

I used Selenium to execute a bunch of actions within a browser (tried both Chrome and FireFox) with a Mac.

I used a Selenium function to click a button that opens an OS level dialog box where I can select and "open" a file. I know Selenium can't interact with dialog boxes, but is there a Python function that can? Tkinter seems to only be able to operate within dialog boxes that it opens and not with already open boxes.

This is a version of the code and the last Selenium function that made the dialog box open is bolded: 

import webbrowser  
from from selenium import webdriver  
element = webdriver.Chrome()  
element.get('http://www.somewebsite.com')  
uploadfunction = driver.find_element_by_id('upload_file').click()

I'm adamant to do this purely through Python (via command line) before resorting to another language.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3325

Answers (1)

Amazingred
Amazingred

Reputation: 1007

import win32gui

win32gui.FindWindow(ClassName,WindowName) #should give you the control of the dialog that you want.

plus look at the accepted answer to this question for a (albeit kind of messy) helper for dialogs.

If you're still stuck let me know.

Upvotes: 1

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