how to use elem_send_keys to upload a query to a site?

[AntonioBergallo]

Hello! I'm not sure if elem_send_keys can handle external files. The example in the vintage is not very clear. For now, I wrote a javascript code to create a mock file, because I am not sure how to reach my local file using selenider.

js_code <- "
const fileInput = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]');
const dataTransfer = new DataTransfer();
const fileContent = RTTQ.SF11KS RTTQ.SF91KS RTTQ.SFA1KS RTTQ.SFB1KS RTTQ.SFC1KS RTTQ.SFE1KS RTTQ.SFF1KS RTTQ.SFG1KS RTTQ.SFH1KS RTTQ.SFJ1KS RTTQ.SFK1KS RTTQ.SFL1KS RTTQ.SFM1KS RTTQ.SFP1KS RTTQ.SFQ1KS RTTQ.SFU1KS RTTQ.SFV1KS;
const file = new File([fileContent], 'temp.sch', { type: 'application/x-sch' });
dataTransfer.items.add(file);
fileInput.files = dataTransfer.files;
fileInput.dispatchEvent(new Event('change'));
"
execute_js_expr(js_code)

[ashbythorpe]

elem_send_keys() does not work with file inputs. If you're using chromote, the CDP has a setInputFiles method, so you can probably do something like this:

session <- selenider_session()

open_url(...)

file_input <- s(...)

node_id <- get_actual_element(file_input)

session$driver$DOM$setFileInputFiles(
  files = list(...),
  backendNodeId = node_id
)