Trying to remove html readonly attribute using python

Question

I'm trying to remove readonly tag from an input field by using python and selenium. Can anybody help me here?

Datepicker Image:

date

HTML:

Code I've tried :

driver.execute_script('driver.find_element_by_xpath('"+//*[@id = '"+'startDate'+"']+"').removeAttribute("readonly")')

user_7429447 · Answer

To remove the readonly attribute you need to use removeAttribute() as follows:

element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "//input[@class='date hasDatepicker' and @id='startDate']")
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].removeAttribute('readonly')", element)

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