Issue in sending keys to a website using Selenium with Python

Question

The objective is to sent both username and password key into a Website login page. No link can be provided for privacy reason.

For this, I had tried both the Xpath and CSS selector approach. However, each technique give me a different error.

For example, using the xpath approach as below;

user_id =self.browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//[@id='tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Username']")
user_id.send_keys( 'username' )

user_pw = self.browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//*=[@id='tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Password']")
user_pw.send_keys( '12345678' )

will output an error;

AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'send_keys'

Whereas, using CSS selector as below;

user_id= WebDriverWait( self.browser, 20 ).until(EC.presence_of_element_located( (By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Username.form-control.input-lg') ) )

user_id.send_keys( 'username' )

will output an error

selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message:

I had play around with different xpath & css path, but, it does not provide any better result.

The full html/path to each of the username box and password are given below;

User Name

<div class="form-group m-b-tcl">
 <input name="tcl$MainContentPlaceHolder$tcl$Username" type="text" 
 id="tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Username" class="form-control input-lg" 
 placeholder="Username" autocomplete="off">
 <span id="tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_UserNameRequired" 
  style="color:#CC0011;visibility:hidden;"></span>
</div>

Password

<div class="form-group m-b-tcl">
 <span id="tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_ctl00_PasswordRequired" 
 style="visibility:hidden;"></span>  <input name="tcl$MainContentPlaceHolder$ctl00$Password" 
 type="password" id="tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Password" 
 class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Password">
</div>

I really appreciate if someone can show where did I do wrong. Thanks in advance.

KunduK · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-22 09:57:52Z

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find_elements_by_xpath() will returns as list.You need to change it find_element_by_xpath() which returns as webelement.

user_id =self.browser.find_element_by_xpath("//[@id='tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Username']")
user_id.send_keys( 'username' )

For second one your css selector is wrong.For id you need to add # when you are using css selector.

user_id= WebDriverWait( self.browser, 20 ).until(EC.presence_of_element_located( (By.CSS_SELECTOR, '#tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Username.form-control.input-lg') ) )
user_id.send_keys( 'username' )

answered Apr 22, 2020 at 9:57

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rpb Over a year ago

argh, thanks for point out the diff btw element & elements and #. Appreciate it

Sem_jong · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-22 10:04:14Z

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AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'send_keys'

You do get this Error because find_elements_by_xpath is returning a list. You should try find_element_by_xpath

user_id =self.browser.find_elements_by_xpath("//[@id='tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Username']")

Besides that, the Xpath is not a legal expression, because you do not specify the Tag you are searching for. Try Following:

user_id =self.browser.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Username']")
user_id.send_keys( 'username' )

user_pw = self.browser.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='tcl_MainContentPlaceHolder_tcl_Password']")
user_pw.send_keys( '12345678' )

answered Apr 22, 2020 at 10:04

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