How to type JSON in textarea using Selenium WebDriver and Java?

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Using Selenium WebDriver, we can type text in textarea using sendKeys like:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//textarea")).sendKeys("text to type");

but in my case text to type is JSON something like:

{
    "name": "Enter Name",
    "id": "Enter ID",
    "helpText": "Enter Help Text"
}

If I want to type above JSON in textarea, I can store it in string and type it but I need to resolve escape character issues.

In this case, what could be the best solution to type JSON in textarea using JAVA?

get the text and assign it to String var = text.replaceAll("\"","\\\""); and then send it. — Vivek Singh
– Vivek Singh, Commented Jan 13, 2015 at 11:41

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:51:48Z

1

U can try it out by the comment I gave or you can use JavascriptExecutor to set value in textbox as:

JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) dw2;
    js.executeScript("document.getElementsByTagname('textarea')[0].value='"
        + <your json string> + "'");

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:51

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answered Jan 13, 2015 at 11:50

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2 Comments

Vivek Singh Over a year ago

@TDHM can u please confirm whether it worked? Or is there any other issue u r facing in this? Thanks.

Learner Over a year ago

Is the comma order for JS is correct in the snippet?

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