How to locate and insert a value in a text box (input) using Python Selenium?

Question

I have the following HTML structure and I am trying to use Selenium to enter a value of NUM:

<div class="MY_HEADING_A">     <div class="TitleA">My title</div>     <div class="Foobar"></div>         <div class="PageFrame" area="W">                              <span class="PageText">PAGE <input id="a1" type="txt" NUM="" />  of <span id="MAX"></span> </span> </div> 

Here is the code I have written:

head = driver.find_element_by_class_name("MY_HEADING_A") frame_elem = head.find_element_by_class_name("PageText")  # Following is a pseudo code.  # Basically I need to enter a value of 1, 2, 3 etc in the textbox field (NUM)  # and then hit RETURN key. ## txt  = frame_elem.find_element_by_name("NUM") ## txt.send_keys(Key.4) 

How to get this element and enter a value‎‎‎‎‎‎‎? ‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎‎

Answer 1

Assuming your page is available under "http://example.com"

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys  driver = webdriver.Firefox() driver.get("http://example.com") 

Select element by id:

inputElement = driver.find_element_by_id("a1") inputElement.send_keys('1') 

Now you can simulate hitting ENTER:

inputElement.send_keys(Keys.ENTER) 

or if it is a form you can submit:

inputElement.submit()