selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: invalid argument: File not found error while uploading file using Selenium Python

Question

When I use this code it gives error for file uploading in Selenium using Python , Can anyone help me with this?

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

driver=webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\\Users\Archi\PycharmProject\chrome driver\chromedriver")
driver.get("https://www.freshersworld.com/user/register")

driver.implicitly_wait(10)

upload="C://Users/Archi/Downloads/resume testing/Resume testing"
driver.find_element_by_id("file-upload").send_keys("upload")

Error:

selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: invalid argument: File not found : upload

Even I checked from this kind of ways also, then also its showing error.

C:/Users/Archi/Downloads/resume testing/Resume testing
C:\Users\Archi\Downloads\resume testing/Resume testing
C:\\Users\Archi\Downloads\resume testing/Resume testing

Looks like you have send_keys("upload") when you should have send_keys(upload) without the quotes. — David Buck
– David Buck, Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 20:39
thank you for making correct but when i remove quotes then also i get error selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: invalid argument: File not found : — Adarsh
– Adarsh, Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 22:58
sir i think i am using wrong slash / , \ which one should i use . i checked from all ways.. thank you — Adarsh
– Adarsh, Commented Jun 10, 2020 at 23:02

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-11 04:33:59Z

3

You were close enough.

You don't want to pass the character sequence upload through send_keys() rather you want to pass the file C://Users/Archi/Downloads/resume testing/Resume testing

So you need to make two(2) changes as follows:

Use a distinct path separator i.e. either / or \\
Add the file extension, e.g. .doc

So, your effective code block will be:

upload="C:\\Users\\Archi\\Downloads\\resume testing\\Resume testing.doc"
driver.find_element_by_id("file-upload").send_keys(upload)

Reference

You can find a relevant discussion in:

selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: File not found while trying to upload image by url through selenium

answered Jun 11, 2020 at 4:33

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Adarsh Over a year ago

thank you so much. now its working. i added file extension .docx

Dazed · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-11 02:07:12Z

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What language are you using?

For c#, If the path is valid, use the @ symbol and use \

string upload= @"C:\Users\Archi\Downloads\resume testing\Resume testing";

edited Jun 11, 2020 at 2:07

answered Jun 10, 2020 at 21:10

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2 Comments

Adarsh Over a year ago

with python i am using

Alam Over a year ago

Not working for me on C#

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