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EDIT There was a bug in Firefor driver. It was solved by using chrome driver.

enter image description hereI am new to python and I am developing a script that will send message on whatsapp using webwhatsapp. But I am not able to write anything in text inputfeild using driver.send_key('message') method. 

<input type="text" class="input input-search" data-tab="2" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" title="Search or start new chat" value="">

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contactSearch=driver.find_element_by_xpath('//*[@title="Search or start new chat"]').click()
contactSearch.send_keys("name")

I have tried contactSearch.clear() and click() method also but the input remains blank.the code is from https://web.whatsapp.com/ go there login and there will be a feild called Search or start new chat.I want to input text in that field.

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You are not logged in to whatsapp in your selenium session and hence there is no "New chat" button. By default, selenium starts a brand new browser session with default preferences, no browser history or cookies.

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@alexce I can manuallu login and New chat button feature works just fine.The problem is where when I try to enter anything in input field it remains blank. driver.send_key('message') won't enter message in input field.. thanks.
@Priyamvaidya yeah, but you do it manually. You have to mimic the logging logic in your Python/Selenium code as well.
I have updated the question. It would be great if you take another look. thanks

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