Python selenium invalid argument?

Question

So, I'm trying to use selenium with my new computer on ubuntu, but I'm having this problem and I really don't know what I can do to solve it.

Here is the code :

 driver = webdriver.Firefox(executable_path='./geckodriver') # launch firefox 
 driver.get("https://www.tiktok.com/@programm___r?lang=en") # go to the website 
 WebDriverWait(driver,20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CLASS_NAME,"jsx-2482409767.upload-wrapper"))).click() # click on an element 
 files = os.listdir(folder_name) # Get all the file of the folder "folder_name"
 exts = ["mp4","mov"] # just the extension to pick only the file I want 
 for file in files: 
 if file.split(".")[-1] in exts: # Select only the file I want 
 WebDriverWait(driver,20).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.CLASS_NAME,class_name))) # wait for an element to appear 
 driver.find_element_by_class_name(class_name).send_keys(folder_name+"\\"+file) # I'm trying to send the file the for just picked 
 # but this is what cause the error
 # I also tried with the absolute way but it didn't work neither
 driver.find_element_by_class_name(class_name).send_keys(absolute_way+"\\"+file)

Here is the traceback :

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "auto_post.py", line 167, in <module>
 ordi_post("./Video/over","Firefox","linux","programmer")
 File "auto_post.py", line 142, in ordi_post
 wait_send("jsx-1828163283.upload-btn-input",r"home\\pierre\\Documents\\python_projet\\Program_r\\Video\\over\\"+file)
 File "auto_post.py", line 122, in wait_send
 driver.find_element_by_class_name(class_name).send_keys(send_file)
 File "/home/pierre/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 477, in send_keys
 self._execute(Command.SEND_KEYS_TO_ELEMENT,
 File "/home/pierre/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py", line 633, in _execute
 return self._parent.execute(command, params)
 File "/home/pierre/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
 self.error_handler.check_response(response)
 File "/home/pierre/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
 raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.InvalidArgumentException: Message: File not found: home\\pierre\\Documents\\python_projet\\Program_r\\Video\\over\\Treecko.mp4

I tried changing \ into / but doesn't work either. If someone has an idea, I'm listening!

• undetected Selenium: What is the absolute path of the file? What is the value of absolute_way?
• Madar: @DebanjanB "home\\pierre\\Documents\\python_projet\\Program_r\\Video\\over\\", it's on the second python line of the traceback

Answer 1

The stack trace is self exploratory :

File not found: home\\pierre\\Documents\\python_projet\\Program_r\\Video\\over\\Treecko.mp4

make sure this file and path exist

Use:

send_keys(os.path.abspath(file))

• Madar: I know, and this path exist, cause the file come from the os.listdir function. But I don't know why selenium don't want to find / see the file is here
• PDHide: @Madar use send_keys(os.path.abspath(file))