'How to submit file input using javascript - Selenium?

i use C# Selenium in my App, i click on file input and (open window) file dialog show up. I need to pass filepath and then hit enter (return) key.

Requirement: work even if current user is signed out, desktop is locked, RDP session closed

  • Selenium built-in SendKeys did not work at all.
  • Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait() work not so excatly, path submit is ok, in order to hit enter, process wait for user session. Nuget -
  • InputSimulator / WinApi - UAC (UIPI) access denied

Any possibility to submit file without opening dialog in javascript ?

Thanks

Example using Selenium

var button = web.FindElementByXPath("//span[@class='upload']");
button.Click();

Not working

button.SendKeys("path"); //not input element
Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("..."); //not working for closed user session
InputSimulator.SimulateTextEntry("path"); //access denied because of Windows UIPI
c++sharpseleniumselenium-webdriverselenium-chromedriver


Solution 1:[1]

If there is a file input (<input type='file'/>) somewhere in the dom, you can do something like this:

https://www.selenium.dev/documentation/webdriver/remote_webdriver/#local-file-detector

IWebElement upload = driver.FindElement(/*select the <input> element*/);
upload.SendKeys(filepath); // as string

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