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Matthew Zoltak
Matthew Zoltak

Reputation: 91

How to automate sending attachments through GMail using Selenium java

I am doing test automations for the first time, and I want to be able to automate gmail and send an email with an attachment. I am using selenium web driver, cucumber and google chrome to run the tests. My IDE is intelliJ. My tests work up until I have to attach the file:

public void givenOnAmazonProductPage() throws Throwable {
    setupSeleniumWebDrivers();
    goTo(PRODUCT_URL);
    driver.findElement(By.id("identifierId")).sendKeys("username");
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@class='RveJvd snByac']")).click();
    Thread.sleep(3000);
    driver.findElement(By.name("password")).sendKeys("password");
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@class='RveJvd snByac']")).click();
    Thread.sleep(4000);
    goTo(PRODUCT_URL);
    //driver.wait().until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath(".//textarea[contains(@aria-label, 'To')]")));
    driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//textarea[contains(@aria-label, 'To')]")).click();
    driver.findElement(By.xpath(".//textarea[contains(@aria-label, 'To')]")).sendKeys("[email protected]");
    driver.findElement(By.name("subjectbox")).click();
    driver.findElement(By.name("subjectbox")).sendKeys("efgh");
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//*[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).click();
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("(.//*[@aria-label='Message Body'])[2]")).sendKeys("This is an auto-generated mail");
    //driver.findElement(By.xpath("//span[@class='T-I J-J5-Ji T-I-KE L3']")).click();
    //driver.close();
    //click on attachment
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//div[@class='a1 aaA aMZ']")).click();
    //use autoit tool to attach a file

this is where i try to attach the file that is on my desktop but it doesnt seem to work

 Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:Desktop/6c3bfdec92fad54896275802f938bd83.29.jpg");
    // enter the file path onto the file-selection input field


    Thread.sleep(10000); //wait for 10sec to upload file
}

does anyone know what I am doing wrong to attach the file?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2695

Answers (2)

undetected Selenium
undetected Selenium

Reputation: 193088

There are several simple ways to automate sending of an email with an attachment even without using Selenium as follows:

  • If you are using there are separate plugins for GMail through smtp settings.
  • If you are using Maven you can use the postman plugin.
  • Using commons email api directly from your Test Code.

In this answer I will explain about using the commons email api through Maven.

Commons Email

Commons Email aims to provide a API for sending email. It is built on top of the Java Mail API, which it aims to simplify.

Some of the mail classes that are provided are as follows:

  • SimpleEmail - This class is used to send basic text based emails.
  • MultiPartEmail - This class is used to send multipart messages. This allows a text message with attachments either inline or attached.
  • HtmlEmail - This class is used to send HTML formatted emails. It has all of the capabilities as MultiPartEmail allowing attachments to be easily added. It also supports embedded images.
  • ImageHtmlEmail - This class is used to send HTML formatted emails with inline images. It has all of the capabilities as HtmlEmail but transform all image references to inline images.

  • EmailAttachment - This is a simple container class to allow for easy handling of attachments. It is for use with instances of MultiPartEmail and HtmlEmail.

  • Maven Dependency:

    <dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
    <artifactId>commons-email</artifactId>
    <version>1.5</version>
</dependency>

  • Code Block:

    package SendEmailAttachments;

import org.apache.commons.mail.DefaultAuthenticator;
import org.apache.commons.mail.EmailAttachment;
import org.apache.commons.mail.EmailException;
import org.apache.commons.mail.MultiPartEmail;

public class EmailAttachments {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws EmailException {

        System.out.println("===Test for Sending CommonsEmail started===");  
        // Create the attachment
        EmailAttachment attachment = new EmailAttachment();
        attachment.setPath("C:\\Users\\AtechM_03\\Desktop\\Screenshots\\bad_indentation.png");
        attachment.setDisposition(EmailAttachment.ATTACHMENT);
        attachment.setDescription("Picture of bad indentation");
        attachment.setName("BadIndentation");
        // Create the email message
        MultiPartEmail email = new MultiPartEmail();
        email.setHostName("smtp.gmail.com");
        email.setSmtpPort(465);
        email.setAuthenticator(new DefaultAuthenticator("[email protected]", "Matthew_Zoltak"));
        email.setSSLOnConnect(true);
        email.setFrom("[email protected]");
        email.setSubject("CommonsEmail Test");
        email.setMsg("CommonsEmail test mail ... :-)");
        email.addTo("[email protected]");
        // add the attachment
        email.attach(attachment);
        // send the email
        email.send();
        System.out.println("===Test for Sending CommonsEmail ended===");
    }
}

  • Console Output:

    ===Test for Sending CommonsEmail started===
===Test for Sending CommonsEmail ended===

  • Snapshot:

apache_commons_email_attachment

Upvotes: 0

KunduK
KunduK

Reputation: 33384

This should be your autoit .exe path not .jpg path. You need to create executable (.exe) of your autoit scrips and pass as i have mentioned.

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("path of Autoit exe"); // like "C:\\AutoIt3\\new.exe"

Upvotes: 1

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