Selenium Datepicker using JavascriptExecutor

Question

Please advise if this approach is accepted to pick-up date using Selenium

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

driver.manage().window().maximize();

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Answer 1

To pick-up a date within the DEPART DATE field in the website https://www.spicejet.com/ using Selenium's executeScript() method from JavascriptExecutor you can use the following Locator Strategies:

• Code Block:

    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\\Utility\\BrowserDrivers\\chromedriver.exe");
    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
    options.addArguments("start-maximized");
    options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Collections.singletonList("enable-automation"));
    options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);
    WebDriver driver =  new ChromeDriver(options);
    driver.get("https://www.spicejet.com/");
    WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[name$= 'txt_Fromdate']"));
    ((JavascriptExecutor)driver).executeScript("arguments[0].removeAttribute('readonly')", element);
    WebElement newElement = driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("input[name$= 'txt_Fromdate']"));
    ((JavascriptExecutor) driver).executeScript("arguments[0].setAttribute('value','28/02')", newElement);
  

• Browser Snapshot:

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References

You can find a couple of relevant detailed discussions in:

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