I am trying to automate a file transfer process in WinSCP using Python and pywinauto. I am currently sending keyboard keys of Ctrl+ to open a directory and search a path, but when I run my program, it will not open the open directory window. Please help!
kb.send_keys("^0")
app1 = Application().connect(title=u'Open directory')
win1 = app1.TOpenDirectoryDialog
src_folder = "/data/cog/deployments"
win1[u'Edit'].type_keys(src_folder)
win1.OK.click()
This is the error code I am getting:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\RAR\PycharmProjects\pythonAutomationproj\main.py", line 49, in <module>
app1 = Application().connect(title=u'Open directory')
File "C:\Users\RAR\PycharmProjects\pythonAutomationproj\venv\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\application.py", line 997, in connect
self.process = findwindows.find_element(**kwargs).process_id
File "C:\Users\RAR\PycharmProjects\pythonAutomationproj\venv\lib\site-packages\pywinauto\findwindows.py", line 87, in find_element
raise ElementNotFoundError(kwargs)
pywinauto.findwindows.ElementNotFoundError: {'title': 'Open directory', 'backend': 'win32', 'visible_only': False}
Do not try to implement file transfer by automating WinSCP GUI!
Use WinSCP scripting. Start at:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation
WinSCP GUI can even generate script template for you:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_automation#generating
Or use native Python file transfer libraries. ftplib for FTP. Or Paramiko for SFTP.