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Abdo Rabah
Abdo Rabah

Reputation: 2072

How to upload a file Using Robot framework?

i want to upload a pic using robot framework into this : enter image description here

I tried this :

Add PJ
    Scroll Element Into View    xpath://div[@class='drop-zone text-center']
    Choose File     xpath://label[@class='label-dropZone']    ..\Resources/Robot-framework-logo.png

but i'm getting this error :

ElementNotInteractableException: Message: element not interactable

Upvotes: 0

Views: 748

Answers (1)

Todor Minakov
Todor Minakov

Reputation: 20077

What the underlying Selenium function behind Choose File does is to enter the text you give to it (that's the path to the local file), in an <input> element. These elements are the ones defined in the HTML standards for uploading files.

In "fancier" upload UI these input are hidden - the user doesn't see the file path, but sees explanatory text "choose a file here or drag&drop it", with pleasing formatting. This is the case with your example - and targeting that <label>, Selenium has failed by saying it is not interactable - one cannot "type" on it; it does need an <input>.

You may/should try to find the <input> in the form, though hidden, and target it. Sometimes that is not possible though - there might be JS code preventing you to change it; so the success rate is varying.

Upvotes: 4

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