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ortiga
Asked: 2020-04-11 10:53:23 +0800 CST 2020-04-11 10:53:23 +0800 CST

Error filling an input in powershell with ie?

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It seems that the data from the page does not reach me, it opens, but it tells me that the value is null.

I have tried with idand neither, I am in version 5.1 of power shell.

This is the code:

  clear-host

  $ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"


    $ie.navigate2("https://www.youtube.com/?hl=es&gl=ES")

    $ie.visible = $true

    $ie.Document.getElementsByTagName("input").value = "asdf"

And this is the error:

mistake

windows

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The requirement of your request has not been very clear, but from what I understood you are mixing 2 issues:

    One is being able to open a browser at a certain URL and the other is being able to complete an entry within a URL.

    If what you want is to be able to open a browser with a YouTube search, one way to do it is as follows:

    $search = "powershell"
$search.Replace(" ","+")
$ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate2("https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=$search")
$ie.visible = $true

    Where the search variable specifies the value to search for. If you look at the second line, I used the Replace method since when searching with terms that contain spaces, they are replaced with plus signs (+).

    The result of the above should open a new IE window with the Youtube search for the term "powershell".

    Edited:

    With your comment, I did a bit of checking and was able to come up with this:

    $searchBar = "masthead-search-term"
$buttonId = "search-btn"
$ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate2("https://www.youtube.com/?hl=es&gl=ES")
$ie.visible = $true
while($ie.Busy) { Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 100 }
$doc = $ie.Document
$doc.getElementById($searchBar).value = "PowerShell"
$doc.getElementById($buttonId).click()

    Added a wait while the page loads, then if filtering the search field and the search button. With the above you should be able to do what you have in mind.

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