selenium SendKeys (snippet)

Python web automation, selenium example 'SendKeys'

Modules used in program:

• import time
• import unittest

SendKeys

Python selenium example: SendKeys

from selenium                                       import webdriver

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui                  import WebDriverWait

from selenium.webdriver.common.by                   import By

from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains        import ActionChains

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys                 import Keys

import unittest

import time


class sendKeys(unittest.TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        global driver
        driver = webdriver.Firefox()
        driver.get("http://travelingtony.weebly.com")
        driver.maximize_window()



    def test_sendKeys(self):
        #Locators
        searchFieldName      = "q"
        turtlePictureLocator = "//div[@title='Leatherback Turtle Picture']"

        searchFieldElement   = WebDriverWait(driver, 10).\
                               until(lambda driver: driver.find_element_by_name(searchFieldName))

        actions = ActionChains(driver)  #Used to create action chains
        # actions.send_keys_to_element(searchFieldElement, "Leatherback")
        # actions.send_keys_to_element(searchFieldElement, Keys.ENTER)
        # actions.perform()

        #Alternate method - requires more actions but you have the option of picking either
        actions.click()
        actions.send_keys("Leatherback")
        actions.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)        
        actions.perform()

        WebDriverWait(driver, 10).\
            until(lambda driver: driver.find_element_by_xpath(turtlePictureLocator))



    def tearDown(self):
        driver.quit()

if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()

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