Not able to call onclick datepicker function python selenium

Question

I'm trying to pass the values into the form. It is passing the values in the normal text box, I couldn't succeed in the onclick datepicker function

Below is the code:

import urllib

from selenium import webdriver

from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select

from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys

driver = webdriver.PhantomJS(executable_path="C://Users//phantomjs//bin//phantomjs.exe")

driver.get('https://enquiry.icegate.gov.in/enquiryatices/sbTrack')

select = Select(driver.find_element_by_name('sbTrack_location'))

select.select_by_value("MUNDRA SEA (INMUN1)")

sb_no = driver.find_element_by_name("SB_NO")

sb_no.send_keys(7353156)

sb_dt = driver.find_element_by_name("SB_DT")

sb_dt.send_keys("2017/07/14")

driver.save_screenshot("test1_scr.png")

I am unable to send keys to tag with readonly input property from here.

<input type="text" name="SB_DT" value="" readonly="readonly" id="sbDATE">

Answer 1

To pass customized dates e.g. 2017/07/14. You have to remove the attribute readonly="readonly" and then send the date as text as follows:

sb_dt = driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@id='sbDATE']")

driver.execute_script("arguments[0].removeAttribute('readonly')", sb_dt);

sb_dt.send_keys("2017/07/14")