How to Select Date from Datepicker in Selenium Webdriver using Java

Datepickers are a critical UI element for web applications where users must select dates for bookings, scheduling, or form submissions.

Ensuring that datepickers function correctly is essential for delivering a seamless user experience. Selenium WebDriver with Java is one of the most effective ways to automate datepicker testing and validate its behavior across browsers.

This guide explains how to select a date from a datepicker in Selenium WebDriver using Java, with step-by-step examples on the MakeMyTrip website. By the end, you’ll understand how to locate datepicker elements, use XPath effectively, and run tests on real browsers and devices with BrowserStack Automate for accurate, reliable results.

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait; 

import java.awt.AWTException;

import java.time.Duration;

import java.util.List;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.testng.Assert;

import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;

import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

 

public class MakeMyTripDateTest  {

WebDriver driver;

WebDriverWait wait;

 

@BeforeMethod

public void openBrowser() throws InterruptedException {

     //Launch chrome browser and navigate to Make My Trip Site

     driver = new ChromeDriver();

     wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));

        driver.get("https://www.makemytrip.com/");

     driver.manage().window().maximize();

     Thread.sleep(3000);

}

 

@Test

public void tripDetails() throws InterruptedException, AWTException {

     // Close the modal dialog box if it appears 

     List<WebElement> closeModal = driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("span.commonModal__close"));

     if (closeModal.size() > 0) {

         closeModal.get(0).click();

     }

     try {

         WebElement dept = wait

                    .until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("p[data-cy='departureDate']")));

         dept.click();

         Thread.sleep(2000);

         selectDate("June 2024", "8");

         Thread.sleep(3000);

         String selectedDate=driver.findElement(By.xpath("//p[@data-cy='departureDate']/span[1]")).getText();

         Assert.assertEquals(selectedDate, "8");

     } catch (Exception e) {

         e.printStackTrace();

     }

} 

public void selectDate(String month_year, String day) throws InterruptedException {

     // For selecting month and year

     List<WebElement> months = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@class='DayPicker-Caption']/div"));

     System.out.println("months count: " +months.size());

    

     for (int i = 0; i < months.size(); i++) {

         // Select date corresponding to the the month

         if (months.get(i).getText().equals(month_year)) {

             List<WebElement> days = driver.findElements(By.xpath("(//div[@class='DayPicker-Caption']/div)[" + i

                     + "+1]/..//following-sibling::div[@class='DayPicker-Body']//div[@class='DayPicker-Day']//p"));

             System.out.println("days count: " + days.size());

             for (int j = 0; j < days.size(); j++) {

                 if (days.get(j).getText().equals(day)) {

                     days.get(j).click();

                     break;

                 }

             }

         }

     }      

}

 

@AfterMethod

public void closeBrowser() {

      driver.quit();

}

}

How to run Selenium Date Picker Tests on Real Devices using BrowserStack

BrowserStack Automate allows you to perform Automated Cross Browser Testing across real browsers, desktop, and mobile devices, through the simple steps mentioned below:

Step: 1- Sign up on BrowserStack and create a free account. After successful account creation, you can view the Authentication and Security details under the Summary tab.

Step: 2- Navigate to the Capabilities Generator page to select from a comprehensive set of options.

Step: 3- Choose your desired combination of device-browser from thousands of available combinations and generate capabilities using Capabilities Generator. In the below example, Windows OS version 11 with Chrome browser version 124 are selected.

Step: 4- In any java editor, create a Maven project and add Selenium Java and Java client dependencies.

<dependencies>

<dependency>

<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>

<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>

<version>4.5.0</version>

</dependency>

 

<dependency>

<groupId>org.testng</groupId>

<artifactId>testng</artifactId>

<version>7.6.1</version>

<scope>compile</scope>

</dependency>

</dependencies>

Below program showcases how to select the date from date picker using MakeMyTrip website on Windows OS version 11 and on latest chrome version.

Here are the steps:

1. Launch MakeMyTrip website.
2. Select any future date from next month from the date picker.
3. Assert that the date is selected.

import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import java.net.URL;

import java.time.Duration;

import java.util.HashMap;

import java.util.List;

 

import org.openqa.selenium.By;

import org.openqa.selenium.MutableCapabilities;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;

import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;

import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;

import org.testng.Assert;

import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;

import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;

 

public class DatePicker {

public static String username = "<username>";

public static String accesskey = "<access_key>";

public static final String URL = "https://" + username + ":" + accesskey + "@hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub";

WebDriver driver;

String url = "https://www.makemytrip.com/";

 

MutableCapabilities capabilities = new MutableCapabilities();

HashMap<String, Object> bstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();

 

@BeforeTest

public void setUp() throws MalformedURLException {

        capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "Chrome");

     bstackOptions.put("os", "Windows");

        bstackOptions.put("osVersion", "11");

        bstackOptions.put("browserVersion", "latest");

        capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", bstackOptions);

     driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(URL), capabilities);

}

 

@Test

public void testDatePicker() throws InterruptedException {

     driver.get(url);

     driver.manage().window().maximize();

     Thread.sleep(5000);

     // Close the modal dialog box if it appears

     List<WebElement> closeModal = driver.findElements(By.cssSelector("span.commonModal__close"));

     if (closeModal.size() > 0) {

         closeModal.get(0).click();

     }

     try {

         WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, Duration.ofSeconds(10));

         WebElement dept = wait

                 .until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("p[data-cy='departureDate']")));

         dept.click();

         Thread.sleep(2000);

         selectDate("June 2024", "8");

         Thread.sleep(3000);

         String selectedDate = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//p[@data-cy='departureDate']/span[1]")).getText();

         Assert.assertEquals(selectedDate, "8");

     } catch (Exception e) {

         e.printStackTrace();

     }

}

 

public void selectDate(String month_year, String day) throws InterruptedException {

     // For selecting month and year

     List<WebElement> months = driver.findElements(By.xpath("//div[@class='DayPicker-Caption']/div"));

     System.out.println("months count: " + months.size());

 

     for (int i = 0; i < months.size(); i++) {

         // Select date corresponding to the the month

         if (months.get(i).getText().equals(month_year)) {

             List<WebElement> days = driver.findElements(By.xpath("(//div[@class='DayPicker-Caption']/div)[" + i

                     + "+1]/..//following-sibling::div[@class='DayPicker-Body']//div[@class='DayPicker-Day']//p"));

             System.out.println("days count: " + days.size());

             for (int j = 0; j < days.size(); j++) {

                 if (days.get(j).getText().equals(day)) {

                     days.get(j).click();

                     break;

                 }

&nbsp;            }

         }

     }

}

 

@AfterMethod

public void closeBrowser() {

     // driver.quit();

}

}

After running the above programs, you can check the result on the Automate Dashboard page. You also get to see the execution video. You can have access to text, network, and other logs.

In short, all the environment details and desired capabilities are available for each run on the Automate dashboard page.

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