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Vinutha Shashank
Vinutha Shashank

Reputation: 53

Cannot upload file with Selenium

I am trying to upload a pdf file, but it throws an exception:

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: unknown error: cannot focus element

Below is the code:

public class FileUploadPopUp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "G://ChromeDriver//chromedriver.exe");

        WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();
        driver.manage().window().maximize();

        driver.get("https://pdf2doc.com/");

        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

        driver.findElement(By.id("pick-files")).sendKeys("F:\\Selenium Complete Notes.pdf"); 
    }

}

This is to automate the file upload action.I want to upload a pdf file. Can anyone please help me in resolving this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 683

Answers (2)

Alex Chumakin
Alex Chumakin

Reputation: 56

if file input is not editable - you can try to change value attribute with JS:

((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('value', 'F:\\Selenium Complete Notes.pdf');", element);

Upvotes: 0

Sers
Sers

Reputation: 12255

To upload file you have to use input element with file type, but your pick-files selector is a div, that's why you got an error. Use input[type=file] css selector:

public class FileUploadPopUp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "G://ChromeDriver//chromedriver.exe");

        WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.manage().window().maximize();

        driver.get("https://pdf2doc.com/");

        driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[type=file]")).sendKeys("F:\\Selenium Complete Notes.pdf"); 
    }
}

Upvotes: 2

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