selenium python send_key error: list object has no attribute

Question

Helo,

my xpath does validate in firePath but when I try to send _key I get an error.

userID = driver.find_elements_by_xpath(\".//*[@id=\'UserName\']\         


        

Answer 1

driver.find_element_by_xpath(".//*[@id='UserName']").send_keys('username')

find_element without s.

Answer 2

This error occurs when one tries to perform action on list instead of element. I was getting similar error when I was trying to click on button to submit credentials. I found the work around by emulating pressing enter key on keyboard. e.g. find any element on page using xpath/css, etc. and send enter key.
driver.find_element_by_id('test_id').send_keys(Keys.ENTER)

Answer 3

I had the same problem - so I just did:

userID[0].send_keys('username')

Worked for me

Answer 4

Please replace your code with the following code because you like addressing the first component of your list, not whole list.

userID = driver.find_elements_by_ID('username')[0]

userID.send_keys('username')

or delete "s" from find_elements_by_ID such as follow:

userID = driver.find_element_by_ID('username')

userID.send_keys('username')

Answer 5

instead of this:

userID = driver.find_elements_by_xpath(".//*[@id='UserName']")

userID.send_keys('username')

try:

userID = driver.find_element_by_xpath(".//*[@id='UserName']")

userID.send_keys('username')

I had the same issues and that worked for me.

Answer 6

You are getting a List of webElements with driver.find_elements_by_xpath(".//*[@id='UserName']") which of course not a single element and does not have send_keys() method. use find_element_by_xpath instead. Refer to this api doc.

userID = driver.find_element_by_xpath(".//*[@id='UserName']")

userID.send_keys('username')