Error: 'value': keys_to_typing(value)} while sending keys selenium python

Question

I am trying to login into website using selenium but i am getting errors while sending username and password to the website:

code:

driver = webdriver.Chrome(
executable_path='../chromedriver')

driver.get('https://secure.imdb.com/ap/signin?openid.pape.max_auth_age=0&openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fap-signin-handler&openid.identity=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.assoc_handle=imdb_pro_us&openid.mode=checkid_setup&siteState=eyJvcGVuaWQuYXNzb2NfaGFuZGxlIjoiaW1kYl9wcm9fdXMiLCJyZWRpcmVjdFRvIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm8uaW1kYi5jb20vdjIvbmFtZS9ubTM0NzUyMDk_cmY9Y29uc19ubV9tZXRlciZyZWZfPW5tX3B1Yl91cHNsYl9sb2dpbiJ9&openid.claimed_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0&imdbPageAction=login')
driver.find_element_by_id("ap_email").send_keys("username")
driver.find_element_by_id("ap_password").send_keys("pass")
driver.find_element_by_id("signInSubmit").click()

it is giving error:

driver.find_element_by_id("ap_email").send_keys("username") File "/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 479, in send_keys 'value': keys_to_typing(value)})

chrome version:

chrome=70.0.3538.77

chrome driver version:

chromedriver=2.43.600229

how to resolve this ?

Please add the full error traceback as code-formatted text to your question. — Klaus D.
– Klaus D., Commented Oct 26, 2018 at 7:39

Andersson · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 07:34:57Z

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As I can see, you cannot handle authentication form without clicking "Log in with IMDb" link. Try to click it before sending keys:

# driver.find_element_by_id('login_with_imdb_expender').click()
driver.find_element_by_link_text('Log in with IMDb').click()
driver.find_element_by_id("ap_email").send_keys("username")
driver.find_element_by_id("ap_password").send_keys("pass")

answered Oct 26, 2018 at 7:34

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aravind_reddy Over a year ago

thanks great answer :). i tried so many things but this didn't strike my mind because before clicking on that also i was able to find the element(i printed it on the console) but some how it didnot work that time

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-26 07:48:26Z

As per the IMDb website before sending the character strings to Email and Custom password field you have to click on the link with text as Log in with IMDb inducing WebDriverWait and you can use the following solution:

Code Block:

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

options = Options()
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
options.add_argument("disable-infobars")
options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=options, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get('https://secure.imdb.com/ap/signin?openid.pape.max_auth_age=0&openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fap-signin-handler&openid.identity=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.assoc_handle=imdb_pro_us&openid.mode=checkid_setup&siteState=eyJvcGVuaWQuYXNzb2NfaGFuZGxlIjoiaW1kYl9wcm9fdXMiLCJyZWRpcmVjdFRvIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm8uaW1kYi5jb20vdjIvbmFtZS9ubTM0NzUyMDk_cmY9Y29uc19ubV9tZXRlciZyZWZfPW5tX3B1Yl91cHNsYl9sb2dpbiJ9&openid.claimed_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0&imdbPageAction=login')
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//span[@class='a-expander-prompt']/span[@id='login_with_imdb_expender']"))).click()
WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@class='a-input-text a-span12 auth-autofocus auth-required-field' and @id='ap_email']"))).send_keys("aravind_reddy")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@class='a-input-text a-span12 auth-required-field' and @id='ap_password']").send_keys("aravind_reddy")
driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@class='a-button-input' and @id='signInSubmit']").click()

Can you share some clarifications about WHY OP need to use WebDriverWait in this case and WHY overcomplicated locators should be used instead of simple locators as I see no benefits from your answer in comparison to my answer?

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