Uploading file through Selenium Webdriver

Uploading file is a common scenario found in many website now a days. We can handle uploading file through selenium webdriver. Below is the screenshot of upload file from chrome browser :-

Step by step execution of Code:-

1. First we will set the path of chrome driver :-

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","/home/users/garima.pathak/Desktop/softwares/chromedriver");

2. Create a instance of ChromeDriver constructor.

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

Here, WebDriver is an interface, driver is a reference variable, ChromeDriver() is a constructor, new is  a keyword and new ChromeDriver () is an object.

3. Give the navigation of the page in which we want to upload the file :-

driver.get("http:garima.com/membership/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mass-upload");

4. Now we will find upload button WebElement in the page.

WebElement uploadZip = driver.findElement(By.id("upload_zip"));

Here, findElement() finds a single web element and returns as a WebElement object.

5.  Now we will enter the file path onto the file-selection input field.

uploadZip.sendKeys("/home/users/garima.pathak/Desktop/example.zip");

Note :- WebDriver automatically enters the file path onto the file-selection text box of the <input type=”file”> element.

6. Finally, we will click on the upload button.

driver.findElement(By.name("submit_admin_csv")).click();

Below is the complete code :-

package automationFramework;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;


public class Upload {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver","/home/users/garima.pathak/Desktop/softwares/chromedriver");
		WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
		driver.get("http:garima.com/membership/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mass-upload");
	
		driver.manage().window().maximize();
		driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

                WebElement uploadZip = driver.findElement(By.id("upload_zip"));
                uploadZip.sendKeys("/home/users/garima.pathak/Desktop/example.zip");
        
                driver.findElement(By.name("submit_admin_csv")).click();
        
        
	}

}

After running this script,we will be able to upload the file successfully and we get a message similar to the one shown in below screenshot :-

This is all about uploading files through Selenium WebDriver.

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