Input Selenium Step

The Input Selenium Step writes text into a textbox on a website. Use this step to fill out forms or put data into web applications automatically.

What You'll Need

• An active Selenium driver session.
• A way to find web elements using selectors.

How to Use the Input Selenium Step

Add this step to your process to type text into a web element.

Step 1: Add the Input Selenium Step

1. Drag and drop the Input Selenium Step into your process.
2. Click on the step to open its settings.

Step 2: Set Up Input Parameters

Set these parameters to tell the step where to type and what text to use.

Parameters Explained

Step Name (Optional)

• A custom name for this step. This helps you find it in your process.

Selector Type (Required)

• How you will find the web element.
• Options: Class Name, CSS Selector, Name, Id, Link Text, Partial Link Text, Tag Name, XPath.
• Example: Id
• When to use it: Pick the type that best finds the textbox you want. XPath works well for complicated selections.

Selector Value (Required)

• The specific value for the Selector Type you picked.
• Example: usernameField (if Selector Type is Id)
• When to use it: This tells the robot which exact element to use.

Clear Before Input (Required)

• This decides if the text already in the textbox gets deleted before new text is typed.
• Options: T (true), F (false - default value)
• When to use it: Set to T if you want to write over any text that's already there.

Text to Input (Required)

• The text you want to type into the textbox. This can be a variable or just a string of text.
• Example: myUsernameVariable or "RobotiqUser"
• When to use it: Give the data you need to put into the web form.

Wait for Element until timeout [ms] (Required)

• The longest time (in milliseconds) the robot will wait for the element to show up on the page.
• Example: 5000 (waits for 5 seconds)
• When to use it: Use this to avoid errors if the page loads slowly.

Driver Reference (Required)

• The variable that holds your active Selenium driver session.
• Example: myWebDriver
• When to use it: This connects the step to your open browser session. See Selenium driver for more information.

Element present (Required)

• A true/false variable that stores True if the element was found, or False if it wasn't.
• Example: isElementFound
• When to use it: Use this variable later in your process to make decisions or handle errors.

Error Handling

Throw exception (Required)

• This decides if the process stops with an error if the step doesn't work.
• Options: T (true), F (false - default value)
• When to use it: Set to T if this step failing means the whole process should stop. For more details, see Error Handling.

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