Automated form filling

Automated form filling

HTML uses many form elements like input (text, password, checkbox, radio), label, textarea, select, option etc. In this use case we will work with this demo site: https://testpages.herokuapp.com/styled/basic-html-form-test.html

Start a new project

Configure commands

In this project only the automation panel will be used.

List variable

We will work with data below to fill the form, you can change file paths for accurate results.

username_1;password_1;comment_1;C:\Users\MY-PC\Documents\RTILA\filenames\1.txt;cb1;rd1;ms1,ms2;dd1;hidden_1
username_2;password_2;comment_2;C:\Users\MY-PC\Documents\RTILA\filenames\2.txt;cb2;rd2;ms3,ms4;dd2;hidden_2
username_3;password_3;comment_3;C:\Users\MY-PC\Documents\RTILA\filenames\3.txt;cb3;rd3;ms1,ms4;dd3;hidden_3
username_4;password_4;comment_4;C:\Users\MY-PC\Documents\RTILA\filenames\4.txt;cb1;rd1;ms2,ms3;dd4;hidden_4
username_5;password_5;comment_5;C:\Users\MY-PC\Documents\RTILA\filenames\5.txt;cb2;rd2;ms4,ms2;dd5;hidden_5
username_6;password_6;comment_6;C:\Users\MY-PC\Documents\RTILA\filenames\6.txt;cb3;rd3;ms3,ms1;dd6;hidden_6

Parsing parameters and variables

{{variable name}}

{{variable name|column index}}

Text input

Username
[name="username"]
{{data|0}}

Password input

Password
[name="password"]
{{data|1}}

Textarea element

Comment
[name="comments"]
{{data|2}}

File upload input

Filename
[name="filename"]
{{data|3}}

Checkbox input

Checkbox Items
[name="checkboxes[]"][value="{{data|4}}"]

Radio input

Radio Items
[name="radioval[]"][value="{{data|5}}"]

Select multiple options

Multiple Select Values
[name="multipleselect[]"]
{{data|6}}

Select single option

Dropdown
[name="dropdown"]
{{data|7}}

Hidden input

Hidden field
[name="hiddenField"]
{{data|8}}

Note

Make sure that the “Mimic human typing” option is unchecked when working with hidden fields.