python - selenium webdriver upload file

Question

I am new to selenium, I have a script that uploads a file to a server.

In the ide version sort of speak it uploads the file, but when I export test case as python 2 /unittest / webdriver it doesn't upload it..

It doesn't give me any errors, just doesn't upload it...

The python script is:

driver.find_element_by_id("start-upload-button-single").click()
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input[type="file"]").clear()
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input[type="file"]").send_keys("C:\\Documents and Settings\\pcname\\Desktop\\ffdlt\\test.jpeg")

I searched for solutions but I haven't found any except integrating it with AutoIt or AutoHotKey...

The first line opens the File Upload Box of Firefox.

Answer 1

Your code work perfectly for me (I test it with Firefox, Chrome driver)

One thing I supect is excessive backslash() escape.

Try following:

driver.find_element_by_id("start-upload-button-single").click()
driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input[type="file"]').clear()
driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input[type="file"]').send_keys("C:\Documents and Settings\pcname\Desktop\ffdlt\test.jpeg")

or

driver.find_element_by_id("start-upload-button-single").click()
driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input[type="file"]').clear()
driver.find_element_by_css_selector('input[type="file"]').send_keys(r"C:Documents and SettingspcnameDesktopffdltest.jpeg")