Selenium: problem with big file upload
Problem
Selenium 2.25.0, python 2.7, ubuntu 12.04, Firefox 4.0 (yes, old version but we need it) hangs when uploading a file larger than (about) 600KB.
Solution
For now I fixed this by commenting out local file upload (first three lines):
def send_keys(self, *value):
"""Simulates typing into the element."""
#local_file = LocalFileDetector.is_local_file(*value)
#if local_file is not None:
#value = self._upload(local_file)
typing = []
for val in value:
if isinstance(val, Keys):
typing.append(val)
elif isinstance(val, int):
val = str(val)
for i in range(len(val)):
typing.append(val[i])
else:
for i in range(len(val)):
typing.append(val[i])
self._execute(Command.SEND_KEYS_TO_ELEMENT, {'value': typing})
Usually I do not change external libraries code, but in this case it is the easiest way and it should not be necessary (I hope) after next selenium library update.