Password field not taking keys using Selenium through Python

Question

I am trying to send keys via selenium it is taking for username but not for password.

I have tried clicking and sending keys then.

HTML of password field:

<div>
    <input name="txtPassword" type="password" id="txtPassword" required="" style="margin-bottom:0px;" class="blur">
    <a id="btnSmallForgotPassword" class="smallForgotPassword visible-sm-block" href="javascript:__doPostBack('btnSmallForgotPassword','')">forgot password</a>
</div>

WebDriverWait(driver, 3).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID,"txtPassword"))).click()
WebDriverWait(driver, 3).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.ID,"txtPassword"))).send_keys("san")

I am getting no error message but it is not sending keys for password

it worked once or twice but fails after sometime

abhishek gupta
– abhishek gupta

2019-05-30 09:54:21 +00:00
Commented May 30, 2019 at 9:54 — abhishek gupta
– abhishek gupta, Commented May 30, 2019 at 9:54

cruisepandey · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-30 09:30:32Z

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try with this code :

WebDriverWait(driver, 3).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,"txtPassword"))).send_keys('your_password')

You should not create object of WebDriverWait too many times, use it like this :

wait = WebDriverWait(driver,10)

wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,"txtPassword"))).click()
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,"txtPassword"))).send_keys('your_password')

and wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,"txtPassword"))) returns a web element, where you can use methods like click(), clear(), send_keys() etc.

You can write your code like this also :

password_field = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,"txtPassword")))
password_field.click()
password_field.send_keys('your_password')

EDIT1 :

You can use this css selector :

input[id='txtPassword']

EDIT 2 :

You can use this full method :

wait = WebDriverWait(driver,10)

driver.maximize_window()
driver.get("http://backgriduk.medialava.com/pages/Staff/Login.aspx?LANGUAGE_ID=3&O=7")

wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"input[id='txtUser']"))).send_keys("abhishek")

wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,"txtPassword"))).click()
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,"txtPassword"))).send_keys('your_password')

edited May 30, 2019 at 9:30

answered May 30, 2019 at 8:41

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abhishek gupta Over a year ago

It is also not working I am attaching the website trying to scrape backgriduk.medialava.com/pages/Staff/…

cruisepandey Over a year ago

EDIT 2 you can use too for more stability.

cruisepandey Over a year ago

It should work fine , though I'm not clicking on login button.

abhishek gupta Over a year ago

Thanks but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I don't know whay it is behaving like that

bharatk · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-30 09:52:36Z

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Try this:

from selenium import webdriver
import time

driver = webdriver.Chrome('/usr/bin/chromedriver')
driver.get('http://backgriduk.medialava.com/pages/Staff/Login.aspx?LANGUAGE_ID=3&O=7')
time.sleep(3)

username = driver.find_element_by_id("txtUser")
username.clear()
# insert username
username.send_keys("mrcats")

password = driver.find_element_by_name("txtPassword")
password.clear()
# insert password
password.send_keys("catskillz")

login = driver.find_element_by_name("btnLogin")
#click on login button
login.click()

answered May 30, 2019 at 9:52

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KunduK · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-30 09:30:12Z

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The above code should work.However I have tested following code on chrome browser and working fine.

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome()
driver.get('http://backgriduk.medialava.com/pages/Staff/Login.aspx?LANGUAGE_ID=3&O=7')
WebDriverWait(driver,20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID,'txtUser'))).send_keys("Abhishek")
WebDriverWait(driver,20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR,'div.divInnerRightControls #txtPassword'))).send_keys("Abhishek")

Output:

answered May 30, 2019 at 9:30

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-30 09:30:38Z

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To send character sequence to the USER ID and PASSWORD field you need to to induce WebDriverWait for the element to be clickable and you can use the following Locator Strategy:

Code Block:

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\geckodriver.exe')
driver.get("http://backgriduk.medialava.com/pages/Staff/Login.aspx?LANGUAGE_ID=3&O=7")
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"input#txtUser"))).send_keys("abhishek_gupta")
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input#txtPassword").send_keys("abhishek_gupta")

Browser Snapshot:

answered May 30, 2019 at 9:30

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abhishek gupta Over a year ago

Hi Debanjan your solution sometimes work and sometimes it does'nt.

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@abhishekgupta A bit unclear to me what you exactly mean by ...sometimes work and sometimes it doesn't... :) If it works once, it will always work unless the system RAM and memory requirements falls short. Btw, do you see any error?

abhishek gupta Over a year ago

I do not see any error it simply doesn't send keys to password.

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@abhishekgupta Are you sure you are triggering the tests on a clean slate without any dangling webdriver instances?

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