Issues to write a file path on Windows with PyAutoGUI-CodePudding

I am writing a simple Python script that goes on a website (with Selenium) and upload a file on the website. I'm using PyAutoGUI to enter the filename and press "Enter" because the website doesn't use an input.

driver.get("https://website_url.com/upload/")
elm = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CLASS_NAME, "file_Picker")))
driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "file_Picker").click()
pyautogui.write("C:\\Users\\Lulucmy\\PythonProject\\test.png")
pyautogui.press('enter')
time.sleep(2)

The issue is that each time PyAutoGUI write on the upload window, the colon is replaced by a slash :

C/\\Users\\Lulucmy\\PythonProject\\test.png

What I've tried :

Replacing pyautogui.write by pyautogui.typewrite
Using pyautogui.press(':') and dividing the file path in two parts

I think the issue comes from the keyboard layout, but I couldn't find how to change it on PyAutoGUI. Also, if you could think of a solution without using PyAutoGUI I'd be glad to know it.

Thank you for your help!

CodePudding user response：

No, you don't click on the filePicker. Just send the path of the file and it will work:

driver.get("https://website_url.com/upload/")
elm = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable
((By.CLASS_NAME, "file_Picker")))
elm.SendKeys("C:\\Users\\Lulucmy\\PythonProject\\test.png")    
time.sleep(2)

CodePudding user response：

I found an easy way to fix it - but if you have a "cleaner way" to solve the issue I'm happy to hear it.

The problem came from my AZERTY keayboard; PyAutoGUI seems to use the QWERTY layout by default. I used pyperclip to copy the path in the clipboard, and then paste it (ctrl v) using .hotkey with PyAutoGUI:

import pyperclip

driver.get("https://website_url.com/upload/")
elm = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CLASS_NAME, "file_Picker")))
driver.find_element(By.CLASS_NAME, "file_Picker").click()
pyperclip.copy("C:\\Users\\Lulucmy\\PythonProject\\test.png")
pyautogui.hotkey('ctrl', 'v')
pyautogui.press('enter')