Integrating Autoit and Selenium: Uploading a file using autoit

While automating a web application I faced a challenge. The challenge is integrate autoit and selenium. So I am going to share the problem domain and the coded solution below so that others can find it out helpful

Problem domain: I have a file located in my own machine which I need to upload in one of my web application project

Used tool:
1. Selenium for automating web application
2. Autoit for interacting with windows/ uploading a file from own local machine

Step 1: Autoit code
Write the Autoit code:

ControlFocus("File Upload","","Edit1")
ControlSetText("File Upload","","Edit1","D:\Test\Shp\Vegetation.zip")
ControlClick("File Upload", "", "Button1")

First write this autoit code and then save it using the extension, Example: fileupload.au3

Step 2: Compile script(Convert into .exe format)

Right click on the fileupload.au3 file and hit compile script, If you are using a 32 bit OS then choose x86 option and if you are using a 64 bit os then choose x64 option

Step 3: Integrating with selenium

Write only the following line in your selenium code where you need to upload you file

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:\\Users\\example\\Desktop\\fileupload.exe")

(It is the file path of the .exe file)

Then run your selenium code and observe the expected result

This code works fine for me hope you will find this helpfull

Draw in canvas using selenium web driver and java

Drawing 3 points which will create a polygon


WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath("html/body/div[3]/div[2]/div[2]/div[2]/div/canvas"));

Actions builder = new Actions(driver);
    Action drawAction = builder.moveToElement(element,135,15)  // start point in the canvas
    //signatureWebElement is the element that holds the signature element you have in the DOM
              .click()
              .moveByOffset(200, 60) // second point
              .click()
              .moveByOffset(100, 70) // third point
              .doubleClick()
              .build();
    drawAction.perform();