How to select many files using Windows file explorer with selenium webdriver

Question

I am automating a UI test where selecting file to upload is involved, I was able to automate the file selection using this solution .

WebElement filepath=driver.findElement(By.id("fileUploadId"));
filepath.sendKeys("C:\\TextFile.txt");

My issue is that I need to select many files to upload, is there a special format I should follow in the path I am sending? because I tried space-separated paths and it didn't work.

Answer 1

To upload multiple files you can construct the character string adding all the absolute path of the files seperated by \\n as follows:

WebElement filepath = driver.findElement(By.id("fileUploadId"));
filepath.sendKeys("C:/TextFile1.txt \n C:/TextFile2.txt \n C:/TextFile3.txt");

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References

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• Trying to upload multiple files to a website using Python and Selenium but only the first file is picked up and not the others, any idea why?