CODEWITHSUNDEEP
selenium-webdriver
user2323844
user2323844

Reputation: 411

How to handle file download popup using Selenium WebDriver?

I have written a code to download an excel file, it is working, but it stops as soon as the popup appears. Automatically it should download the file and store in specified location, which is not happening now. Please anyone help in finding a solution for this problem

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile); 


profile.setPreference("browser.helperapps.neverAsk.saveToDisk" , "text/csv"); 
profile.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2); 
profile.setPreference("browser.download.dir","e:\\SampleExcel"); 

driver.get("http://url");
driver.findElement(By.name("email")).sendKeys("[email protected]");
driver.findElement(By.name("pass")).sendKeys("abc");
driver.findElement(By.id("edit-submit")).click();
driver.findElement(By.id("toolbar-link-admin-config")).click();
driver.findElement(By.linkText("Reports")).click();
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//input[@value='5']")).click();
driver.findElement(By.id("edit-submit")).click();

Upvotes: 4

Views: 24729

Answers (3)

Gyorgy.Hegedus
Gyorgy.Hegedus

Reputation: 361

Try to use this code: 

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile); 

profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk" , "application/octet-stream;application/csv;text/csv;application/vnd.ms-excel;"); 
profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force", false);
profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting",false);
profile.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2); 
profile.setPreference("browser.download.dir","e:\\SampleExcel");

Upvotes: 4

HemaSundar
HemaSundar

Reputation: 1293

Try below code

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
        String path = "D:\\Downloads_sel";
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.dir", path);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.alertOnEXEOpen", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsksaveToDisk", "application/x-msexcel,application/excel,application/x-excel,application/excel,application/x-excel,application/excel,application/vnd.ms-excel,application/x-excel,application/x-msexcel");
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.focusWhenStarting", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.alertOnEXEOpen", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.closeWhenDone", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.useWindow", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", false);
        profile.setPreference("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", false);
        profile.setPreference("pdfjs.disabled", true);

        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

For complete MIME types list follow the link: http://qaautomationworld.blogspot.in/2014/02/file-downlaoding-using-selenium.html

Upvotes: 5

Alpha
Alpha

Reputation: 14026

Please replace text by application for preference setting of not prompting download dialog box, like following:

profile.setPreference("browser.helperapps.neverAsk.saveToDisk" , "application/csv");

Just for confirmation, the file which is downloaded is with csv extension, right? If it's not like that, we'll have to make change in above code.

Upvotes: 0

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