Python Selenium: input textbox, send_keys not working

Question

In my python code, I want to input a date in the Date textbox. However, the existing date cannot be cleared, and a date cannot be entered either. I am using Selenium. I think the element is found, but anyway the Send_keys() function does not work on this textbox. What is the problem?

Thanks.

url = 'https://iol1.iroquois.com/infopost/Pages/OperationallyAvailable.php?parentId=100'
browser.get(url)
date_element = browser.find_element_by_id('searchDateTextfield-inputEl')
date_element.click()
date_element..clear()
date_element.send_keys(slash_date)
date_element.submit()

You need to just send numbers for the date (no slashes, etc.). If you manually type in the box, it doesn't accept anything but numbers as far as I've seen. — JeffC
– JeffC, Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 22:50

Learner · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-22 19:46:37Z

Below is the full-functional code-

import time
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.support.wait import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
browser = webdriver.Firefox()

url = 'https://iol1.iroquois.com/infopost/Pages/OperationallyAvailable.php?parentId=100'
browser.get(url)
WebDriverWait(browser,10000).until(EC.visibility_of_element_located((By.TAG_NAME,'body')))
date_element = browser.find_element_by_id('searchDateTextfield-inputEl')
date_element.click()
date_element.send_keys(Keys.HOME)

# For date 10 Oct 2015
date_element.send_keys("10042015")
date_element.send_keys(Keys.TAB)
browser.find_element_by_xpath("//span[@id='retrieveButton-btnInnerEl']").click()
time.sleep(100)
browser.close()

JRodDynamite · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-23 05:01:28Z

2

This worked for me. Just type in the date without any symbols, just numbers.

...
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

date_element = browser.find_element_by_id('searchDateTextfield-inputEl')
date_element.click()
date_element.send_keys(Keys.HOME)

# For date 23/10/2015 the format should be MMddyyyy
date_element.send_keys("10232015")
...

edited Oct 23, 2015 at 5:01

answered Oct 22, 2015 at 18:36

JRodDynamite

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5 Comments

JeffC Over a year ago

You don't really need the .click() and send_keys(Keys.HOME) but I needed a wait.

JRodDynamite Over a year ago

I tried it with an implicit wait for 30 seconds. But it still didn't work for me. But once I added the click() and send_keys() function code, it worked smoothly. I was using Firefox-webdriver (if that makes any difference).

JeffC Over a year ago

That's strange... I'm also using the FF driver.

TomQuin Over a year ago

Your answer is also great. Using date_element.send_keys(Keys.HOME) is critical for my code; now it works.

geekandglitter Over a year ago

JRodDynamite's comment worked for me. Unfortunately, I accidentally removed my upvote and SO is a bit unforgiving. Anyway, all I needed to add before my send_keys() was click()

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