Selenium Python Sending Keys to Input ID

Question

Using Python27:

I am trying to automate a search and extract method using beautifulsoup to parse and input data on this database server. So far I have managed to get Python to login to it. But now when I try to search for the input element to make a search, I can't seem to get the identifier/code correct.

The highlighted in blue code says:

<input id="QUICKSEARCH_STRING" type="text" on focus="setTimeout('focusSearchElem()',100...

The highlighted portion in blue is where I believe I need to search for that element in order to input text then search. I think the rest, like inputting the results I get from the page might be a bit easier.

My code is as follows:

from selenium import webdriver
browser = webdriver.Firefox()
browser.get('http://somewebpage')
emailElem = browser.find_element_by_id('j_username')
emailElem.send_keys('blahblahblah')
passwordElem = browser.find_element_by_id('j_password')
passwordElem.send_keys('blahblahblah!')
login_form = browser.find_element_by_xpath("//a[@id='login']").click()
searchElem = browser.find_element_by_id('search_panel')
searchElem.send_keys('blahblahblah')

I'm not sure where I'm going wrong, but I think I am close.

I don't see any reference to BeautifulSoup in the code you posted, should there be? — davejagoda
– davejagoda, Commented Nov 21, 2015 at 0:29

alecxe · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-21 00:47:02Z

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browser.find_element_by_id('search_panel')

I don't see any elements with id="search_panel".

Here is how I would locate the desired input element:

browser.find_element_by_id("QUICKSEARCH_STRING")
browser.find_element_by_css_selector("div.search_panel input#QUICKSEARCH_STRING")

You may need to wait for it to become present after the logging in:

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

wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 10)

search_input = wait.until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "QUICKSEARCH_STRING")))
search_input.send_keys('blahblahblah')

answered Nov 21, 2015 at 0:47

alecxe

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