File upload - (Moved)

[Julius1]

Good Morning!

I try to automate webside handling with Selenium (protractor) on Edge. I have problems with file upload. Edge should provide an element 'input[type="file"]' but it does'nt. So I discovered autoIT to solve it. 

The idea is to install autoit, insert 

var au = require('autoit');

into my selenium code and work with au.function1(...)

Is this possible and do I find examples for that here?

If not I have to write an autoit script and call it, I suppose. 

BR Julius

 

 

[JLogan3o13]

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[orbs]

are you constrained to using Selenium? if so, Selenium supports WebDriver API, so your Selenium script does not really need AutoIt. AutoIt supports several methods to interact with web pages, so you need to properly define your requirements for a more specific AutoIt-based solution.

Edited August 13, 2018 by orbs

[Julius1]

43 minutes ago, orbs said:

are you constrained to using Selenium? if so, Selenium supports WebDriver API, so your Selenium script does not really need AutoIt. AutoIt supports several methods to interact with web pages, so you need to properly define your requirements for a more specific AutoIt-based solution.

Hi orbs,

I did the tests in Selenium so far. Now I can not upload a file into Edge with Selenium. I thought, autoIt was a possibility to perform the upload in a script which I can call out of Selenium. So my requirements are, getting an autoIt script that performs file upload, calling it with the parameter 'filename'. 

Do you think this is possible, or do you know a better way?