swrdfish
commented
1 year ago The issue is reproducible only with Appium.
Browserstack provides some workarounds for this problem: https://www.browserstack.com/docs/app-automate/appium/advanced-features/upload-files#nodejs
Description of the bug/issue
When I used the browser.uploadFile(locator, filepath) method, I expected the required attachment (in my case, a '.png' file) to get uploaded on the website, but instead, I received the following error message in the terminal of the IDE (Visual Code):
[07/05/2023, 11:08:13.588 PM] Error trying parse string as a file with file detector; sending keys insteadUnsupportedOperationError[07/05/2023, 11:08:13.598 PM] TimeoutError[07/05/2023, 11:08:13.598 PM] An error occurred while running .uploadFile() command on <#file-upload>: keys.split is not a function[07/05/2023, 11:08:13.598 PM] {"error":{},"status":-1,"value":null}Steps to reproduce
[07/05/2023, 11:08:13.588 PM] Error trying parse string as a file with file detector; sending keys insteadUnsupportedOperationError[07/05/2023, 11:08:13.598 PM] TimeoutError[07/05/2023, 11:08:13.598 PM] An error occurred while running .uploadFile() command on <#file-upload>: keys.split is not a function[07/05/2023, 11:08:13.598 PM] {"error":{},"status":-1,"value":null}Sample test
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Verbose Output
Nightwatch Configuration
Nightwatch.js Version
2.6.20
Node Version
14.16.0
Browser
Chrome 111.0.5563.115
Operating System
Android 12.0
Additional Information
The error is observed over multiple Android versions.
The workaround to achieve the use case of uploading attachments on Android browsers using NightwatchJs is -
var fs = require('fs');module.exports = { "Bstack Demo": async function (browser) { browser.executeScript('mobile: pushFile', {remotePath: '/data/local/tmp/<name_of_the_file_attached_with_file_extension>, payload: new Buffer.from(fs.readFileSync('<absolute_path_of_the_file_to_be_attached>'))}); } };Note:
mobile: pushFileis supported only withAppiumVersion >= 2.0.0