Can't upload file using Watir, Headless Browser, Chromedriver, using Ruby

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I am trying to automate the creation of a listing on my website and I am having a lot of difficulty uploading an image for the listing. I am using Cloud9 and Watir, and using a headless chrome browser and the code is written in Ruby. For some reason the photo refuses to upload.

Click to see picture of upload area

photo = File.open("00909_8qYJaR8wTix_600x450.jpg", "a") 
path = File.expand_path(File.dirname(photo))
browser.file_field(:type,"file").set(path)

Output on terminal:

[8] pry(main)> browser.file_field(:type,"file").value
=> ""
[9] pry(main)> path
=> "/home/ubuntu/workspace/scraper"
[10] pry(main)> File.exist? (path)
=> true

HTML input class="fileupload" multiple="multiple" type="file" style="display: inline-block;"

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1 Answers

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Shouldn't path variable contain the path to actual file? From your example it looks like it's pointing to parent directory. Ditch the File.dirname(photo) turning it to this:

photo = File.open("00909_8qYJaR8wTix_600x450.jpg", "a") 
path = File.expand_path(photo)
browser.file_field(:type,"file").set(path)

and you should be fine, in my opinion.