XPATH: Inputting value for an unknown number of xpaths using .find_elements_by_xpath

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I've done a lot of searching around for this, but it seems like I can only find the answers in .js . What I would like to do is through python use .find_elements_by_xpath , and having selected an unknown number of elements, input a value by iterating from top to bottom of relevant elements. It is important to know that there may be anywhere from 1+ number of elements that need to be filled.

Some have suggested this method in .js :

driver.findElements(By.xpath("<xpath>")).then(function(elem) {
    for(var i=0; i<elem.length; i++){
        driver.findElements(By.xpath("<xpath>")).get(i).sendKeys('some Text');
    }
});

I'm not skilled enough to translate that properly, but maybe it'll give someone an idea for the solution.

Hopefully my intention is clear enough! Thanks everyone so much for your help.

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1 Answers

This is how it will look like on Python. Code with comments:

from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium import webdriver

website = "https://YOURWEBSITE.com"
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='YOUR/PATH/TO/chromedriver.exe')
driver.get(website)

# if you want to find all inputs on the page using XPATH and send there some value use:
all_inputs_on_the_page = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//div//input")
for input in all_inputs_on_the_page:
    input.send_keys("TEXT_TO_INSERT")


# if you want to find some elements and after that - find some elements inside these elements then use:
divs_on_the_page = driver.find_elements(By.XPATH, "//div")
for div in divs_on_the_page:
    inputs_inside_a_div = div.find_elements(By.XPATH, ".//input")
    for input in inputs_inside_a_div:
        input.send_keys("TEXT_TO_INSERT")
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