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nanoo
nanoo

Reputation: 185

Firefox + Selenium WebDriver and download a csv file automatically

I have problem with Selenium WebDriver and Firefox. I want to download csv file without confirmation in dialog window and I have code like this:

fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList",2)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", download_dir)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting",False)
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk","text/csv")

but it seems not working. I tried many combination with browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk 

fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk","text/csv,application/csv,text/plan,text/comma-separated-values")

or

fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk","application/csv")
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk","text/plain")
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk","text/comma-separated-values")

but there's no difference and Firefox won't download automaticly. How can I fix it?

Upvotes: 14

Views: 16480

Answers (3)

anonymous
anonymous

Reputation: 21

SetPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "application/comma-separated-values ,text/csv"); //in java selenium this will work for downloading all type of csv files... thanks, enjoy....

Upvotes: 1

mojmir.novak
mojmir.novak

Reputation: 3419

Now (May 2016), 

 SetPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/csv"); // C#

works for me

Upvotes: 0

Ittiel
Ittiel

Reputation: 1224

Sometime the content type is not as you'd expect Use HttpFox Firefox plugin (or similar) to find the real content type of the file and use it in your code

BTW, For me the content type was 

fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.openFile", "application/octet-stream");
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "application/octet-stream");

Upvotes: 15

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