Set value of input instead of sendKeys - Selenium WebDriver nodejs

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I have a long string to test and sendKeys   takes too long  When I tried to set the value of the text the program crashes  I know the Selenium sendKeys   is the best way to test the actual user input  but for my application it takes too much time  So I am trying to avoid it   Is there a way to set the value right away   See this quick example   var webdriver   require  selenium-webdriver     var driver   new webdriver Builder       withCapabilities webdriver Capabilities chrome           build     driver get  http   www google com        find the search input field on google com inputField   driver findElement webdriver By name  q      var longstring    test      not really long for the sake of this quick example     this works but is slow inputField sendKeys longstring       no error but no values set inputField value   longstring      Output  TypeError  Object  object Object  has no method  setAttributes   inputField setAttributes  value   longstring

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Thanks to Andrey-Egorov and this answer  I ve managed to do it in C   IWebDriver driver   new ChromeDriver    IJavaScriptExecutor js    IJavaScriptExecutor driver  string value    string js ExecuteScript  document getElementById  elementID   setAttribute  value    new value for element

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In a nutshell  this is the code which works for me      WebDriver driver  WebElement element  String value   JavascriptExecutor jse    JavascriptExecutor driver  jse executeScript  arguments 0  value     value        element

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Extending from the correct answer of Andrey-Egorov using  executeScript   to conclude my own question example   inputField   driver findElement webdriver By id  gbqfq     driver executeScript  arguments 0  setAttribute  value        longstring        inputField

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An alternative way of sending a large number of repeating characters to a text field  for instance to test the maximum number of characters the field will allow  is to type a few characters and then repeatedly copy and paste them   inputField sendKeys  0123456789    for int i   0  i  lt  100  i          inputField sendKeys Key chord Key CONTROL   a         inputField sendKeys Key chord Key CONTROL   c         for int i   0  i  lt  10  i              inputField sendKeys Key chord Key CONTROL   v               Unfortunately pressing CTRL doesn t seem to work for IE unless REQUIRE WINDOW FOCUS is enabled  which can cause other issues   but it works fine for Firefox and Chrome

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JavascriptExecutor js    JavascriptExecutor driver  js executeScript  document querySelector  attributeValue   value  new value

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If you want to use some variable  you may use this way   String value   your value   driver execute script  document getElementById  q   value     value

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Thanks to Andrey Egorov  in my case with python setAttribute not working  but I found I can set the property directly   Try this code   driver execute script  document getElementById  q   value  value here

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Try to set the element s value using the executeScript method of JavascriptExecutor  WebDriver driver   new FirefoxDriver    JavascriptExecutor jse    JavascriptExecutor driver  jse executeScript  quot document getElementById  elementID   setAttribute  value    new value for element   quot

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