how to upload file from system in katalon

[shilpa.wadhwa]

Hi all need to upload a file from my system to application. This is native windows dialog ‘open’. I searched and saw switch to window but still not able to focus . Used autoit but still same issue . Can anyone help me

[emine]

Hello @shilpa.wadhwa
Please , you can look below link.

Katalon Studio Native Popup Window and Upload File

In this article, I would like to mention the solution I found regarding uploading any local file in the test step during the test with Native Popup Window. All the objects we record with the record in the test case are the descriptions in the relevant web page. However, if you select a local file from anywhere in the project and have a step to install, the test step will be blocked in this section and you will not be able to select the file from the local and select it in the test step. For t…

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[kowsalya]

this solution is not working. Its not passing the file path in the native dialog window.

Please help if anyone has a solution.

[aldrine.reynon]

@kowsalya did you use the UploadFile keyword?

[Brandon_Hein]

Give this a read:

How to Resolve File Upload Issues

I’ve been seeing several topics around issues with uploading files to a web application when using the WebUI.uploadFile() method, so I thought I’d share the best alternative approach (note: this is the same approach that one would take in Selenium as well): Step 1: Identify the file upload field Lets take a typical file upload field: [image] What we want is the <input> element for the field, which will look something like this (with probably a bunch of other attributes): <input type="file" …

[kowsalya]

Yes… But it is not working

[kowsalya]

No…I encountered This problem with Upload file WebUI keyword not working in all browsers.

Infact, I created the custom keyword using robtic framework for accessing the file upload pop-up which worked in Chrome and Firefox but not in Edge.

[Brandon_Hein]

I don’t understand this response. The solution I posted is an alternative to the WebUI keyword.

[kowsalya]

OK. Thanks for your reply @Brandon_Hein. I’ll try those and reply to you.