How to identify an element and invoke send_keys through selenium with python

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<img src="images/file_explorer.png" class="browse" style="cursor: pointer;height:33px;" title="file from your computer">

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

import time

driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:/webdrivers/chromedriver.exe")
driver.maximize_window()
driver.get("https://www.collabera.com/find-a-job/search-jobs/?sort_by=dateposted&Posteddays=4000&searchany=QA&anylocation=usa")
time.sleep(3)
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("#srchpgbnnr > div:nth-child(1) > div:nth-child(1) > div > a").click()

driver.find_element_by_css_selector("body > section:nth-child(7) > div:nth-child(2) > div > div.col-md-offset-2.col-md-3.__jobdesc-sidebar.col-xs-hide > div > a").click()
time.sleep(15)
driver.find_element_by_css_selector("img.browse[src='images/file_explorer.png'][title='file from yourcomputer']").send_keys("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\collebra.txt")

url:https://www.collabera.com/find-a-job/search-jobs/job-details/126013-qa-analyst-jobs-ann-arbor-mi

my code is above one its not working how to find element in above upload button code

Are you sure you want to invoke send_keys() on a <img> tag? — undetected Selenium
– undetected Selenium, Commented Apr 30, 2018 at 20:52
It looks like you are trying to click on an element in a iframe. Can you try to switch to iframe first and then click on upload icon? Also windows file upload wizard is something you cannot handle with selenium (using send_keys()). You could windows shell scripting or python libraries (for example PyAutoIt) to handle the file upload. — Fenixs
– Fenixs, Commented May 1, 2018 at 5:01

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-01 07:21:51Z

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To be able to handle file upload form you need to switch to iframe:

driver.switch_to.frame(driver.find_element_by_class_name("apply-form"))

You need to handle input element, but not img:

driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@type='file']").send_keys("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\collebra.txt")

answered May 1, 2018 at 7:21

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bhupathi turaga Over a year ago

no such element: Unable to locate element: {"method":"xpath","selector":"//input[@type='file']"}

Andersson Over a year ago

On which line? Did you use time.sleep() before that line?

bhupathi turaga Over a year ago

thank you very much i am struggling for 3 days its worked

Andersson Over a year ago

Great. But note that while it works with time.sleep() using time.sleep() is a bad practice, you should try explicit/implicit waits

bhupathi turaga Over a year ago

can u do me a favour how can i paste email and name next one in url :collabera.com/find-a-job/search-jobs/job-details/…

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undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-30 20:13:30Z

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To find the element and invoke send_keys() method you can discard the time.sleep(5) and induce WebDriverWait and use any of the following options :

CSS_SELECTOR :

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "img.browse[src='images/file_explorer.png'][title='file from your computer']"))).send_keys("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\collebra.txt")

XPATH :

WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//img[@class='browse' and @src='images/file_explorer.png' and @title='file from your computer']"))).send_keys("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\collebra.txt")

answered Apr 30, 2018 at 20:13

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undetected Selenium Over a year ago

not working doesn't throws any light on whats wrong happening, update the question with your current code trial and error trace logs.

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