Selenium unable to send keys on inputbox

Question

I'm trying to send_keys()` to a specific input box on a website and I get an error that says that the element is not interactable, as seen below (including code):

def createEmails():
    url = "myurl"
    driver = webdriver.Chrome()
    driver.get(url)

    print(f"{Fore.YELLOW}[!] Waiting for website to load fully.")
    time.sleep(5)

    username, password = generateData()

    usernameField = driver.find_element(By.ID, "email")
    usernameField.send_keys(username)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\lukap\Desktop\ASDF\creatorasdf.py", line 97, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:\Users\lukap\Desktop\ASDF\creatorasdf.py", line 41, in main
    chosenOption(optionInput)
  File "C:\Users\lukap\Desktop\ASDF\creatorasdf.py", line 47, in chosenOption
    createEmails()
  File "C:\Users\lukap\Desktop\ASDF\creatorasdf.py", line 70, in createEmails
    usernameField.send_keys(username)
  File "C:\Users\lukap\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py", line 477, in send_keys
    self._execute(Command.SEND_KEYS_TO_ELEMENT,
  File "C:\Users\lukap\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webelement.py", line 633, in _execute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
  File "C:\Users\lukap\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 321, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "C:\Users\lukap\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.ElementNotInteractableException: Message: element not interactable
  (Session info: chrome=114.0.5735.134)

I am not sure what do to, had already found some answer and nothing helped fix my issue.

I'm trying to make an account on a service called Proton.me

I tried using implicitily_wait and some guy mentioned I should do it w/ ActionChains but it didn't work — komko, Jun 23 '23 at 19:02
I don't find _usernameField_ field on https://proton.me/ landing page neither any code attempts. — undetected Selenium, Jun 23 '23 at 19:05
Well the register page is on https://account.proton.me/signup?plan=free&billing=12&ref=prctbl&minimumCycle=12&currency=EUR&product=mail&language=en and also the usernameField is just the variable in my code for an inputbox with id email. — komko, Jun 23 '23 at 19:12

Abdallah Eldesouky · Answer 1 · 2023-06-23T19:42:25.077

you have an iframe tag in the html of the website you mentioned above that you have to switch to it first then you can find the email element , you can find the iframe using its xpath

frame_element = driver.find_element(By.XPATH, "/html/body/div[1]/div[4]/div[1]/main/div[1]/div[2]/form/iframe")
driver.switch_to.frame(frame_element)

usernameField = driver.find_element(By.ID, "email")
usernameField.send_keys('username')

undetected Selenium · Answer 2 · 2023-06-23T19:23:56.280

The Username field is within an <iframe> so you have to:

Induce WebDriverWait for the desired frame to be available and switch to it.
Induce WebDriverWait for the desired element to be clickable.

You can use either of the following locator strategies:

Using CSS_SELECTOR:

driver.get("https://account.proton.me/signup?plan=free&billing=12&ref=prctbl&minimumCycle=12&currency=EUR&product=mail&language=en")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.CSS_SELECTOR,"iframe[title='Username']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.CSS_SELECTOR, "input#email"))).send_keys("komko")

Using XPATH:

driver.get("https://account.proton.me/signup?plan=free&billing=12&ref=prctbl&minimumCycle=12&currency=EUR&product=mail&language=en")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.frame_to_be_available_and_switch_to_it((By.XPATH,"//iframe[@title='Username']")))
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//input[@id='email']"))).send_keys("komko")

Note : You have to add the following imports :

 from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
 from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
 from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

Browser Snapshot:

proton

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