Unable to type within username field within ProtonMail signup page using Selenium and Python

Question

Hi I was trying to type the username field using Selenium and Python for the website https://mail.protonmail.com/create/new?language=en.

From the developer tool, I

Answer 1

Your xpath is OK, but the forms are inside an iframe.

So you need to switch to the iframe first:

driver.switchTo().frame(n);

Edit: If you read the TOS, you will see

This Service is provided exclusively to persons. Accounts registered by “bots” or automated methods are not authorized and will be terminated.

Answer 2

The Email Address field is within an <iframe> so you have to:

• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.

• Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

• You can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

• Using CSS_SELECTOR:

       driver.get('https://mail.protonmail.com/create/new?language=en')
       WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"div.usernameWrap iframe[title='Registration form']")))
       WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input.input#username"))).send_keys("FunnyBoss")
  

• Using XPATH:

       driver.get("https://mail.protonmail.com/create/new?language=en")
       WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//div[@class='usernameWrap']//iframe[@title='Registration form']")))
       WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@class='input' and @id='username']"))).send_keys("FunnyBoss")
  

• Note : You have to add the following imports :

       from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
       from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
       from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
  

• Browser Snapshot:

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Reference

You can find a relevant discussion in:

• Ways to deal with #document under iframe
• Switch to an iframe through Selenium and python