How can you input text into an input element without using send keys in Python Selenium?

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I’m working with a website where send_keys sometimes works and sometimes doesn’t (I have no idea why). Sometimes it sends keys then I try a few hours later and it doesn’t work anymore. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to send text/numbers into a input element WITHOUT using send_keys.

For example, would it be possible to input text into the following element without using send_keys:

<input _ngcontent-coh-c546="" type="text" name="tag" maxlength="25" placeholder="Tags" class="ng-dirty ng-valid ng-touched">

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Asked By: THEMOUNTAINSANDTHESKIES

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Answer 1

This should work effectively and faster compared to send_key

from selenium import webdriver

driver = webdriver.Chrome('chromedriver')
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
driver.execute_script("document.getElementsByName('q')[0].value='What ever you want to be typed here'")

Answered By: Flow

Answer 2

I also have similar requirement but the text I want to pass is lengthy string, I implemented as below:

Solution 1:

def enter_text_js(self, data):

self.driver.execute_script("document.getElementsByClassName('ck-tag')[0].value='" + data + "'")
self.driver.execute_script("document.getElementsByClassName('ck-tag')[0].value='" + data + "';")
self.driver.execute_script("document.getElementsByClassName('ck-tag')[0].value='data'")

None of the above line worked and text box is empty. In the dev console though "document.getElementsByClassName(‘ck-tag’)[0]" returns proper element.

Solution 2:

    xpath = '//div[@aria-label="Rich Text Editor, main"]//p'
    element = self.driver.find_element(By.XPATH, xpath)
    element.send_keys("Hello")
    # Above line works
    self.driver.execute_script('arguments[0].value=" ' + data + ' " ;', element)
    # This line fails and does not enter any text.

Any idea how to fix this issue?

Answered By: A Ahmed

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