Selenium sendkeys enter pipe ( | ) for backslash (\) - selenium

Question

In selenium sendkeys sometimes the backslash ( \ ) is replaced with a pipe ( | ) symbol. this issue is a sporadic issue.
Below is the code snippet that i have used
aItDriver.switchTo().window("[TITLE:Choose File to Upload]");
aItDriver.getKeyboard().sendKeys(new String[]{"I:\Downloads\fileName.txt" + Keys.ENTER});
in here we used autoit (aItDriver) driver to enter the file path for file upload screen,
expected output for the file upload screen was :
I:\Downloads\fileName.txt
But we see the below text entered to the upload window text box in rare cases.
I:|Downloads\fileName.txt
Could someone give an explanation to this sporadic issue, and if there is a correct way to enter the given text or fix for this issue?

Answer 1

#Marlan
depending on the language that you use, there is few solutions to fix the absolute path.
In java you can try:
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Path path = Paths.get("myFile.txt");
Path absolutePath = path.toAbsolutePath();
System.out.println(absolutePath.toString());
}
After that you can just used element.sendKeys(absolutePath.toString());
to upload file
Using JavaScript:
const path = require('path');
let absoluteFilePath = path.resolve('myFile.txt');
element(by.id('something').sendKeys(absoluteFilePath);