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Mohit
Mohit

Reputation: 608

Changing default download directory in Chrome Webdriver

Can anyone let me know how can I change the default download location for Chrome using Selenium-Perl. I am using Chrome Webdriver and the Perl module Selenium::Remote::Driver. I got code for Java but not in Perl for this task.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1195

Answers (2)

lschult2
lschult2

Reputation: 390

I had troubles understanding the difference mentioned between Selenium::Chrome and Selenium::Remote::Driver. Here's what I got to work:

my $driver = Selenium::Chrome->new(
    extra_capabilities => { 
        'goog:chromeOptions' => {
            prefs => {
                'download.default_directory' => '/tmp'
            },
            args => [ 'window-size=1950,500' ]
        }
    }
);

Upvotes: 0

Chankey Pathak
Chankey Pathak

Reputation: 21666

I do not have the test setup but passing below as desired_capabilities or extra_capabilities to the constructor should work fine.

'download.default_directory', 'C:\New_Folder'

Snippet (untested):

my $driver = Selenium::Remote::Driver->new(
    'browser_name' =>'chrome',
    'extra_capabilities' => {
        'chromeOptions' => {
            'prefs' => {
                'download.default_directory' => 'C:\New_Folder'
            }
        }
    }
);

Edit: Difference between Selenium::Chrome and Selenium::Remote::Driver

Selenium::Chrome allows you to use the ChromeDriver without needing the JRE or a selenium server running. If the ChromeDriver binary is not found, it falls back to the default Selenium::Remote::Driver.

Upvotes: 2

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