How can I paste a string to textarea in browser with python?

Question

I want to send a string to the web page whose text field name is "inputfield". Actually, I can send the word to the page, but when I run the program, a new "chrome" page opens, which is used for testing purposes. However, I want to send a string to the field on a chrome page that is already open.

Here my code:

from selenium import webdriver
import time

url = "https://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/turkish"
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.binary_location = r"C://Program Files//Google//Chrome//Application//chrome.exe"
chrome_driver_binary = 'chromedriver.exe'
options.add_argument('headless')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_binary, options=options)
driver.get(url)

driver.implicitly_wait(10)

text_area = driver.find_element_by_id('inputfield')
text_area.send_keys("Hello")

Nothing happens when I run this code. Can you please help? Can you run it by putting a sample web page in the url part?

Thank you.

EDIT: It is working when I deleted options. But still opening a new page when I run it. Is there a way use a page which already open on background.

chrome_driver_binary = 'chromedriver.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_driver_binary)
driver.get('https://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/turkish')

text_area = driver.find_element_by_id('inputfield')
text_area.send_keys("Hello")

Arundeep Chohan · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-19 03:58:15Z

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Click the popup prior to sending keys.

driver.get('https://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/turkish')
wait=WebDriverWait(driver, 10)
wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "CybotCookiebotDialogBodyLevelButtonLevelOptinAllowallSelectionWrapper"))).click()
text_area = wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.ID, "inputfield")))
text_area.send_keys("Hello")

Imports

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

answered Dec 19, 2020 at 3:58

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codcod55 Over a year ago

Thank you. I solved my problem with similar solution.

PDHide · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-19 04:12:37Z

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I am not sure what is your question but if the issue is multiple tabs or windows being opened then:

you can switch between the windows as:

// you can move to specific handle    
chwd = driver.window_handles
print(chwd)
driver.switch_to.window(chwd[-1])

you should shoul switch to the correct window before you can interact with elements on that window

just switch to the window that was already opened bypassing the index

If the problem is that you want to interact with an already opened chrome then you should follow below steps:

Start chrome with debug port:

<path>\chrome.exe" --remote-debugging-port=1559

Python :

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

chrome_options = Options()
chrome_options.add_experimental_option("debuggerAddress", "127.0.0.1:1559")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)

answered Dec 19, 2020 at 4:12

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codcod55 Over a year ago

It is not my problem but I can use this method for another project. Thanks for your help.

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