JavascriptExecutor within Selenium script throws “org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptException: javascript error”

Question

I am trying to pass value to a calendar field using JavascriptExecutor in my Selenium code.

The method declaration is as follows:

public static void selectDepDate(WebDriver driver, String value) {
    js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
    js.executeScript("arguments[0].removeAttribute('readonly', 0)", deptDate);
    js.executeScript("arguments[0].value=''", deptDate);
    js.executeScript("arguments[0].value='" + value + "')", deptDate);
}

I am calling the method via selectDepDate(driver, "15-Sep-2020").

Upon execution of the script, I am seeing the following exception in the console logs:

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.JavascriptException:
javascript error: Unexpected token ')'

js.executeScript("arguments[0].value='" + value + "')", deptDate); — Bimlesh
– Bimlesh, Commented Sep 7, 2020 at 14:44

rahul rai · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-07 13:09:28Z

1

Since you already have a reference to your webElement, You can use setAttribute with below approach to set the value.

 driver.executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute(arguments[1], arguments[2]);", 
                deptDate, attributeName, value);

Here attributeName is the name of attribute to which you want to set date inside deptDate webElement.

answered Sep 7, 2020 at 13:09

rahul rai

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