insert value to input
When we want to use selenium to insert some value to input element in html, we follow steps as follows: step1: clear the text in the input step2: insert value
firstly, we get element:
#!-encoding=utf-8-
chrome_option = ChromeOptions()
my_chrome = Chrome(chrome_options=chrome_option,
executable_path="/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/chromedriver")
my_chrome.get('https://www.baidu.com')
baidu_text = my_chrome.find_element_by_id('kw')
on step1, we have multiple ways to clear text of input element
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
# by clear
baidu_text.clear() #some times no effect
# by actions
actions = ActionChains(self._driver)
actions.double_click(elem).perform() #no effect on firefox 69.0, [reference, solution no effect](https://github.com/bhecquet/seleniumRobot/issues/77)
baidu_text.send_keys(Keys.DELETE)
# by Ctrl+A
elem.send_keys(Keys.CONTROL + "a")
elem.send_keys(Keys.DELETE)
close window
my_chrome.quit() # Quits the driver and closes every associated window.
my_chrome.close() # Closes the current window.
if you want to quit and close all, and safely ends the session with browser, try to use quit.
execute_script
execute_script is a way for you to run some js which can not be implemented by selenium.
set preference for download dir in chrome
here are some demo for set preference of chrome.
# set download dir
chromeOptions = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chromeOptions.add_argument('--user-agent=iphone') #mock iphone or android
prefs = {"download.default_directory": "/path/download"}
chromeOptions.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)
