How to insert a value in text box using Python Selenium

Question

I have the following HTML structure and I am trying to use Selenium to enter a value

<div class="form-group justify-content-center d-flex">
    <form id="main-form" class="form-inline" action="/pushData" method="post">
        <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="bnePp0JmVaVYuaTIAfuVIGT2y7usVssX3vQrAGaz"> 
        <input type="text" id="input-url" class="url-input" name="url" placeholder="Paste URL to shorten">
        <button class="button main-btn main-btn_primary" id="button-submit">Cut</button>
    </form>
</div>

Here is my code

driver.find_element_by_id("input-url").send_keys("test")
driver.find_element_by_id("button-submit").click()

I want to get this element and enter a value.

Answer 1

Select element by id:

inputElement = driver.find_element_by_id("input-url")
inputElement.send_keys('testing')

Now you can simulate hitting ENTER:

inputElement.send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

or if it is a form you can submit:

inputElement.submit() 

Answer 2

Selenium 4.3.0: Deprecated find_element_by_* and find_elements_by_* are now removed (#10712)

The following code will work:

[..]
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
[..]
WebDriverWait(browser, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, 'input-url'))).send_keys('test')
button_to_be_clicked = browser.find_element(By.ID, 'button-submit')
button_to_be_clicked.click()

Answer 3

To send a character sequence to the <input> element you can use either of the following locator strategies :

• Using css_selector :

   driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input.url-input#input-url[name='url'][placeholder='Paste URL to shorten']").send_keys("Phonex")

• Using xpath :

   driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@class='url-input' and @id='input-url'][@name='url' and @placeholder='Paste URL to shorten']").send_keys("Phonex")

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Ideally to send a character sequence to the <input> element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the element_to_be_clickable() and you can use either of the following locator strategies :

• Using CSS_SELECTOR :

   WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input.url-input#input-url[name='url'][placeholder='Paste URL to shorten']"))).send_keys("Phonex")

• Using XPATH :

   WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@class='url-input' and @id='input-url'][@name='url' and @placeholder='Paste URL to shorten']"))).send_keys("Phonex")

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

   from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC