Selenium for uploading a file on a Mac device

I am facing a challenge when trying to upload a file on my MAC using selenium with Java. The button I need to interact with does not have an input tag, so I attempted to use robot script and even apple script but haven't been successful. Is there anyone who can assist me?

Apple script

    tell application "System Events"
    --one second delay
    delay 1
    --To press command+shift+G
    keystroke "G" using {command down, shift down}
    delay 2
    --Enter file path
    keystroke "file path"
    
    keystroke return
    delay 1
    keystroke return
    
end tell

Java code :

Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process process = runtime.exec(filePath);

Additionally, I would like to know how to pass the filePath from Java to the apple script.

javaseleniumfile-uploadapplescriptrobotframework

Answer №1

After experimenting with various approaches, I found the following code to be effective on my MAC without any issues. I incorporated "Command + W" keys into the solution.

//Click on the Choose file Button
browser.findElement(By.className("choosefile")).click();
//Path of file need to be upload
File file = new File("/Users/John/Desktop/IMG_0100.PNG");
StringSelection stringSelection = new StringSelection(file.getAbsolutePath());
//Copy to clipboard 
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(stringSelection, null);
try {
    Robot robot = new Robot();
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_META);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_W);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_META);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_W);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_META);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_G);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_G);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_META);

    // Paste the clipBoard content - Command ⌘ + V.
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_META);
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_V);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_V);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_META);

    // Press Enter (GO - To bring up the file.)
    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    robot.delay(1000 * 4);

    robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
    robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);

} catch (AWTException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

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