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

i trying automate creation of listing on website , having lot of difficulty uploading image listing. using cloud9 , watir, , using headless chrome browser , code written in ruby. reason photo refuses upload.

click 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;"

shouldn't path variable contain path actual file? example looks it's pointing parent directory. ditch file.dirname(photo) turning this:

photo = file.open("00909_8qyjar8wtix_600x450.jpg", "a")  path = file.expand_path(photo) browser.file_field(:type,"file").set(path) 

and should fine, in opinion.