Cannot click on Upload button due to new browser window that opens at run time only

Question

I want to click on the Upload button but when the script runs this click event triggers a new browser to open which I cannot simulate when I try to test it manually.

I deliberately click on Start link (in the code) hoping that this new window opens only the first time and can be handled then and there, and thereafter I can concentrate on the click event of the Upload button in the parent window. But once again it brings up the new browser window.

How should I handle this?

driver.get("http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php");
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("/html/body/table/tbody/tr[3]/td/div/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/span/a[1]/b")).click(); //Start link 
Thread.sleep(4000); 
 Set<String> handles = driver.getWindowHandles(); 
 String firstWindowHandle = driver.getWindowHandle();
 handles.remove(firstWindowHandle);
 String winHandle = handles.iterator().next();
 if (winHandle != firstWindowHandle) {
 String secondWindowHandle = winHandle;
 driver.switchTo().window(secondWindowHandle);
 driver.close();
 driver.switchTo().window(firstWindowHandle);
 } 
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[class=pole_plik]")).sendKeys(path);
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("img[alt=Upload]")).click(); //upload button

Answer 1

Use following code, It works Tested it.

driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php");
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.switchTo().defaultContent();
driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[class=pole_plik]")).sendKeys("/Users/jeevanbhushetty/Desktop/dock.jpg");
JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
executor.executeScript("check_recipient('s000.tinyupload.com');");

• ilm: It does. Thanks! How did you arrive at this method?
• Jeevan Bhushetty: Your welcome, check_recipient() function is written in your HTML markup, which gets executed on click of upload button.
• ilm: So... because check_recipient() is inside a script tag you decided to use JavascriptExecutor? I need a bit more help to understand this concept.
• Jeevan Bhushetty: Being frank, code written in '<script>' tag function check_recipient(file_server_domain) { postIt(file_server_domain); } is of no use it is just calling another function in other script, you can directly call the function itself. In your script if you replace check_recipient('s000.tinyupload.com'); with postIt('s000.tinyupload.com'); script will still work. Just one additional call is made which is of no use. Coming back to your question, using JavascriptExecutor class of selenium you can execute any javascript.
• ilm: why doesn't executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element); work?