Upload multiple files using Python Selenium WebDriver

Question

I have a html element

<input type=file multiple="">

How can I use send_keys to upload multiple files?

Currently this works with uploading single file. I want to use this to upload multiple files

I tried Comma separated paths but no luck.

Answer 1

First, send all files to the element and then submit.

Following is Ruby code, but you can apply same logic for Python:

uploader = driver.find_element(id: 'file-upload')
uploader.send_keys 'path_to_file1'
uploader.send_keys 'path_to_file2'
uploader.send_keys 'path_to_file3'
.
.
.
uploader.submit

I'm not sure if this will work, but just give a try and let me know the result.

Answer 2

Here is an example that works in my specific case for uploading multiple photos, may help someone out...

Photos is an array of strings ie ['/Users/foo/bar/beautiful_forest-1546653.jpg', '/Users/foo/bar/DTHalloween.jpg'] then I loop through and upload them by send_keys . I ensure they are uploaded by checking to see if the uploaded filename exists in the DOM, which it will if successfull (specific to my case). FWIW, I'm testing a react.js web app btw.

def uploadPhoto(self, photos):
    try:
        drop_zone = self.driver.find_element_by_id('photo-file-input')

        alreadyUploaded = []  # keep track of uploaded files

        for photo in photos:
            photo_name = photo.split('/')[-1].split('.')[0]

            if photo_name.lower() in alreadyUploaded:
              print("Photo already uploaded with name: ( "+ photo_name.lower()+" )")
              continue

            alreadyUploaded.append(photo_name.lower())

            drop_zone.send_keys(photo)

            try:
                WebDriverWait(self.driver, 5).until(
                    EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//img[contains(@data-galleryid, '+ photo_name +')]'))
                )
            except Exception, e:
                raise Exception(e)
        return True
    except Exception, e:
        print 'Failed to upload photo {}'.format(str(e))
        return False

Answer 3

path = “/home/downloads/” send_keys(path + “file1.csv \\n” + path + “file2.csv”)

I found it working in my code. Do try this and give me update on the error you got.

Answer 4

I tried this. uploader.send_keys 'path_to_file1'will upload file1 and when i try to upload file2,

exception is thrown saying "uploader" element cannot be interacted with

I did a uploader.is_enabled()

It gives me false

Answer 5

I didn't test this code, but I think it should work

image_string = " ".join(images_array)
driver.find_element_by_class_name('PhotoInputFile').send_keys(image_string)
time.sleep(2)
driver.find_element_by_class_name("ButtonUploadPhotos").click()

Answer 6

Try using this because for me works :

 @staticmethod
 def set_multiple_file_file():
   element = (INSERT_FILE)
   ROOT_DIR = your.path
   first_path = archive1.something
   second_path = archive2.something
   third_path = archive3.something
   element.send_keys(ROOT_DIR + first_path + ROOT_DIR + second_path + ROOT_DIR + third_path)