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async function getRandomID() {
      const inputElement = await page.$("//input[@placeholder='ex: John']");
      const id = await inputElement.getAttribute('id');
      const idFinal: string = id.replace("FirstName", "");
      console.log("idFinal: ", idFinal);
      return idFinal;
    }

    async function remplirChamp(page: Page, HTMLid: string, selecteurName: string, valeur: string) {
      const fieldName: string = HTMLid+selecteurName;
      const inputField = await page.$(`#${fieldName}`);
      if (inputField) {
        await inputField.fill(valeur);
      }
    }

    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "FirstName", rdmPrenom);
    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "Name", rdmNom);
    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "Nationality", rdmNationalite);
    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "Country", rdmCountry);
    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "Birthdate", rdmBirthdate);
    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "Passport", rdmPasseport);
    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "PassportExpiracy", rdmPasseportExpDate);
    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "Email", rdmEmail);
    await page.locator("#Email").fill(rdmEmail);
    await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "CCRefundNumber", rdmCard);

I'm working on some tests for a website in my firm, basically, I scrap the id (that is generated randomly), and I fill the inputs, but here is the problem : the first name is not filled and it happens randomly with any input so my test is flaky

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This thread is trying to answer question "Why are input fields not being consistently filled in the Playwright test?"

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What my function is doing: CSS ID: ctl37_ctl00_ctl00_ctl21_

await remplirChamp(page, HTMLid, "FirstName", rdmPrenom);```
``ctl37_ctl00_ctl00_ctl21_FirstName``
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hubspace
hubspace

Use locator instead of $, it is probably not waiting for it to appear and your if (false) will not fill

dand33
dand33

Would think you call for getting the e-mail via ID would assume that is pretty straight forward, should be working first question would be is there a shadow dom and is it open or closed...

hubspace
hubspace

Oh, nvm me. It appears to attempt a fill in your log

hubspace
hubspace

Still, $ is deprecated 😉

dand33
dand33

another thing i like to do in my debugging is make sure i'm getting the element and will use highlight..

dand33
dand33

Ya @hubspace has a great point, and would say go real simply, even use the codegen recorder to see what it gets. then get fancy with a generic routine... Walk first then fly...

dand33
dand33

ah looking closer your log shows you doing elementHandles.... They've been depreciated for a long long time and would avoid at all cost.. i.e. locators were introduced back in 1.14 if i remember correctly.

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codegen give me the id but it changes so I can't use it

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idk why i'm on 1.34.3

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dand33
dand33

great reason to start using data-test-id or find another determinist approach for your locators...

_kalkleiste_

@inf can you use filter or getbyrole locator

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@dand33: Yeah I guess im gonna ask to add a data-test-id, It'll be less headache, but I must admit I'd have liked to complete this test without an internal helper

Yeah I guess im gonna ask to add a data-test-id, It'll be less headache, but I must admit I'd have liked to complete this test without an internal helper

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@_kalkleiste_: Yeah, wydm?

Yeah, wydm?

tphillips8117

Use locators instead of evaluating on the page: https://playwright.dev/docs/locators

_kalkleiste_

@inf like @tphillips8117 mentioned. Don't use page.$ PlayWright introduced locators. You should use e.g. page.locator('#<id-value>) or page.getByPlaceholder('ex: John ')

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K basically, edited my code and asked to the dev team to put a data-test-id

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But I guess my playwright is cursed

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you can clearly see the boxes that have been filled, but as soon as I switch to the selectOption locator, it empties everything, I don't know why.

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here is after (u can see that all the boxes are empty) idk why

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wishinfinite
wishinfinite

You can try using pressSequentially method to fill the value. And use locator or GetBy methods to find element.

For more info you can go through My this video. https://youtu.be/FJuMMWq_Vug

Please let me know if it does not work.

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I'll test today thanks g Elements are all finded and filled, but this doesnt work u can see on the screens, it remove some fills idk why

wishinfinite
wishinfinite

Is this application accessible publically?

wishinfinite
wishinfinite

I can give it a try at my end

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it's a quite internal website in my company

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I've always had trouble with type/fill but never necessarily blocked, except here and there: <#1142095028139864174>

wishinfinite
wishinfinite

Oh Okay..

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