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I'm trying to fill a form with Puppeteer on a webpage, the input has an id and I'm using it as a selector.



The ID is :



#loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field


When I get the selector from chrome it gives me that :



#loginPage3a SiteTemplate3a formulaire3a login-field


And wether I put the first or the second option in Puppeteer it spits me out this error :



Error: Evaluation failed: DOMException: Failed to execute 'querySelector' on 'Document': '#loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field' is not a valid selector.


Here is the code if needed :



(async () => 
const browser = await puppeteer.launch(headless: false);
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('XXX');
await page.click(GOTO_LOGIN_BUTTON_SELECTOR)
await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');
await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here
await page.focus(EMAIL_SELECTOR);
await page.keyboard.type(CREDS.email);
await page.focus(PASSWORD_SELECTOR);
await page.keyboard.type(CREDS.password);

await browser.close();
)();









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    I'm trying to fill a form with Puppeteer on a webpage, the input has an id and I'm using it as a selector.



    The ID is :



    #loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field


    When I get the selector from chrome it gives me that :



    #loginPage3a SiteTemplate3a formulaire3a login-field


    And wether I put the first or the second option in Puppeteer it spits me out this error :



    Error: Evaluation failed: DOMException: Failed to execute 'querySelector' on 'Document': '#loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field' is not a valid selector.


    Here is the code if needed :



    (async () => 
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch(headless: false);
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto('XXX');
    await page.click(GOTO_LOGIN_BUTTON_SELECTOR)
    await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');
    await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here
    await page.focus(EMAIL_SELECTOR);
    await page.keyboard.type(CREDS.email);
    await page.focus(PASSWORD_SELECTOR);
    await page.keyboard.type(CREDS.password);

    await browser.close();
    )();









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      I'm trying to fill a form with Puppeteer on a webpage, the input has an id and I'm using it as a selector.



      The ID is :



      #loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field


      When I get the selector from chrome it gives me that :



      #loginPage3a SiteTemplate3a formulaire3a login-field


      And wether I put the first or the second option in Puppeteer it spits me out this error :



      Error: Evaluation failed: DOMException: Failed to execute 'querySelector' on 'Document': '#loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field' is not a valid selector.


      Here is the code if needed :



      (async () => 
      const browser = await puppeteer.launch(headless: false);
      const page = await browser.newPage();
      await page.goto('XXX');
      await page.click(GOTO_LOGIN_BUTTON_SELECTOR)
      await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');
      await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here
      await page.focus(EMAIL_SELECTOR);
      await page.keyboard.type(CREDS.email);
      await page.focus(PASSWORD_SELECTOR);
      await page.keyboard.type(CREDS.password);

      await browser.close();
      )();









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      I'm trying to fill a form with Puppeteer on a webpage, the input has an id and I'm using it as a selector.



      The ID is :



      #loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field


      When I get the selector from chrome it gives me that :



      #loginPage3a SiteTemplate3a formulaire3a login-field


      And wether I put the first or the second option in Puppeteer it spits me out this error :



      Error: Evaluation failed: DOMException: Failed to execute 'querySelector' on 'Document': '#loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field' is not a valid selector.


      Here is the code if needed :



      (async () => 
      const browser = await puppeteer.launch(headless: false);
      const page = await browser.newPage();
      await page.goto('XXX');
      await page.click(GOTO_LOGIN_BUTTON_SELECTOR)
      await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');
      await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here
      await page.focus(EMAIL_SELECTOR);
      await page.keyboard.type(CREDS.email);
      await page.focus(PASSWORD_SELECTOR);
      await page.keyboard.type(CREDS.password);

      await browser.close();
      )();






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          One option, for an ID like that, is to do as follows:



          const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id="loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field"]';


          Or, if that doesn't work, split it up as follows to work around the use of the ::



          const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id*="loginPage"][id*="SiteTemplate"][id*="formulaire"][id*="login-field"]';


          Hopefully one (or both) of those will help!






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            I'm not sure but I would drop the line await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');



            And replace await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here



            with await page.waitForSelector(EMAIL_SELECTOR);



            And test to see if just using #login-field or other #loginPage > SiteTemplate > formulaire > login-field



            I could be wrong as I'm still working this out too.






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              One option, for an ID like that, is to do as follows:



              const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id="loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field"]';


              Or, if that doesn't work, split it up as follows to work around the use of the ::



              const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id*="loginPage"][id*="SiteTemplate"][id*="formulaire"][id*="login-field"]';


              Hopefully one (or both) of those will help!






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                One option, for an ID like that, is to do as follows:



                const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id="loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field"]';


                Or, if that doesn't work, split it up as follows to work around the use of the ::



                const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id*="loginPage"][id*="SiteTemplate"][id*="formulaire"][id*="login-field"]';


                Hopefully one (or both) of those will help!






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                  One option, for an ID like that, is to do as follows:



                  const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id="loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field"]';


                  Or, if that doesn't work, split it up as follows to work around the use of the ::



                  const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id*="loginPage"][id*="SiteTemplate"][id*="formulaire"][id*="login-field"]';


                  Hopefully one (or both) of those will help!






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                  One option, for an ID like that, is to do as follows:



                  const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id="loginPage:SiteTemplate:formulaire:login-field"]';


                  Or, if that doesn't work, split it up as follows to work around the use of the ::



                  const EMAIL_SELECTOR = '[id*="loginPage"][id*="SiteTemplate"][id*="formulaire"][id*="login-field"]';


                  Hopefully one (or both) of those will help!







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                      I'm not sure but I would drop the line await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');



                      And replace await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here



                      with await page.waitForSelector(EMAIL_SELECTOR);



                      And test to see if just using #login-field or other #loginPage > SiteTemplate > formulaire > login-field



                      I could be wrong as I'm still working this out too.






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                        I'm not sure but I would drop the line await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');



                        And replace await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here



                        with await page.waitForSelector(EMAIL_SELECTOR);



                        And test to see if just using #login-field or other #loginPage > SiteTemplate > formulaire > login-field



                        I could be wrong as I'm still working this out too.






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                          I'm not sure but I would drop the line await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');



                          And replace await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here



                          with await page.waitForSelector(EMAIL_SELECTOR);



                          And test to see if just using #login-field or other #loginPage > SiteTemplate > formulaire > login-field



                          I could be wrong as I'm still working this out too.






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                          I'm not sure but I would drop the line await page.waitForNavigation(waitUntil: 'load');



                          And replace await page.waitFor(EMAIL_SELECTOR); // here



                          with await page.waitForSelector(EMAIL_SELECTOR);



                          And test to see if just using #login-field or other #loginPage > SiteTemplate > formulaire > login-field



                          I could be wrong as I'm still working this out too.







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