setFileDectector unable to set remote file detector

[jlin412]

I upgrade to 2.0.0 to test browser.setFileDetector()
It is working locally with browser.setFileDectector(browser.FileDectector);
However, it is not working with remote selenium server.
I try browser.setFileDectector(browser.remote.FileDectector);
It seems that selenium-webdriver/remote is not exposed from protractor.
According to upload_test.js,
https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/baa16a551fb8d57f4a176b2f49c7af633dba2893/javascript/node/selenium-webdriver/test/upload_test.js
We should do something like driver.setFileDetector(new remote.FileDetector);
so I tried

    var absolutePath = path.resolve(__dirname, filePath);
    var remote = require('../../../../node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/remote');
    browser.setFileDetector(new remote.FileDetector);
    $('input[type="file"]').sendKeys(absolutePath);

But I got UnknownError: invalid code lengths set

  From: Task: WebElement.sendKeys()

[juliemr]

What happens if you log absolutePath? Is that getting grabbed correctly?

[jlin412]

I have the console.log. It is showing:
Image is uploading from /Users/linj/redbox_spa/redbox_angular/ext/branding/brookst/img/login-background.png

Nevertheless, this code is working locally when I remove "browser.setFileDetector(new remote.FileDetector);" or just using "browser.setFileDectector(browser.FileDectector); instead to test local server" so I know that path is good.

[Ravi-ratnakaram]

any update about the issue reported. I am also facing similar issue whie uploading the file. Please suggest if you have any work around..

[sjelin]

It's a WebDriver issue/feature, so it's beyond our control

[sjelin]

You could ask on stackoverflow for help

[raghavan85]

The file upload was done based on the commit:

aadc68e

#2153

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21305298/how-to-upload-file-in-angularjs-e2e-protractor-testing/21314337#21314337. I thought this was the right forum for this question / raise the issue.

[raghavan85]

I'd appreciate if someone can please look into this issue and see how we can fix it soon. This issue has been reported a while ago.

[raghavan85]

Is there a reason why the more info label is still present on this issue?

[raghavan85]

This issue has been reported in here as well: #2371.

[raghavan85]

Could someone please troubleshoot this issue and provide a fix ?

[sjelin]

It's difficult for us to do anything because it's a problem with WebDriver.