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

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

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

driver.get("/");

Thread.sleep(3000);

JavascriptExecutor js = ((JavascriptExecutor)driver);

js.executeScript ("document.getElementById('ctl00_mainContent_view_date1').removeAttribute('readonly',0);"); 

WebElement onwards_date = driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_view_date1"));
        onwards_date.clear();
        onwards_date.sendKeys("28/02"); 

js.executeScript ("document.getElementById('ctl00_mainContent_view_date2').removeAttribute('readonly',0);"); 

WebElement return_Date = driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_view_date2"));
        return_Date.clear();
        return_Date.sendKeys("27/03"); 

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

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();

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

driver.get("https://www.spicejet./");

Thread.sleep(3000);

JavascriptExecutor js = ((JavascriptExecutor)driver);

js.executeScript ("document.getElementById('ctl00_mainContent_view_date1').removeAttribute('readonly',0);"); 

WebElement onwards_date = driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_view_date1"));
        onwards_date.clear();
        onwards_date.sendKeys("28/02"); 

js.executeScript ("document.getElementById('ctl00_mainContent_view_date2').removeAttribute('readonly',0);"); 

WebElement return_Date = driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_view_date2"));
        return_Date.clear();
        return_Date.sendKeys("27/03"); 

• javascript
• java
• selenium
• selenium-webdriver
• datepicker

2 Answers 2

To pick-up a date within the DEPART DATE field in the website https://www.spicejet./ 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./");
    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:

References

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• How to use javascript to set attribute of selected web element using selenium Webdriver using java?
• Python - How to edit href attribute in source code before clicking using Selenium

You can set value using JavaScript to input with ctl00_mainContent_txt_Fromdate id for from date and ctl00_mainContent_txt_Todate id for to date. You'll not see value changing from UI, but it works.

js.executeScript("arguments[0].value = arguments[1]",
    driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_txt_Fromdate")), "28-02-2020");

Instead of using sleep in you code, use WebDriverWait that makes WebDriver wait for a certain condition and will wait only as long as required.

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver();
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, 10);
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
driver.manage().window().maximize();

driver.get("https://www.spicejet./");

// Wait for Search button to be clickable, the state in which we assume that the site has loaded
WebElement searchButton = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_btn_FindFlights")));

// Select From and To Cities

js.executeScript("arguments[0].value = arguments[1]",
        driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_txt_Fromdate")), "28-02-2020");

js.executeScript("arguments[0].value = arguments[1]",
        driver.findElement(By.id("ctl00_mainContent_txt_Todate")), "01-03-2020");

searchButton.click();