Downloading file through Selenium Webdriver in python

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I am writing a program to automate web interaction through selenium webdriver in python. I got stuck in last step when I click on the "download" button through script, a window pop-up occours on the screen,with default option "Open with" selected. I want my program to first click on the option "save file" and then click on "OK". I have used following piece of code to set up Firefox profile

profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.set_preference('browser.download.folderList', 2)
profile.set_preference('browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting', False)
profile.set_preference('browser.download.dir', os.getcwd())
profile.set_preference('browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk',"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet")

One of my observation is that when the window popup is like this

with option "Do this automatically for files like this from now on" is clickable (via checkbox) then the above piece of code works perfect, but when the same option is not clickable (as shown in the image below) then above code for setting profile fails. Can anyone help me in this situation?

undetected Selenium · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-05 13:04:03Z

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While you work with a new FirefoxProfile, use the set_preference method to configure the profile in such a way so clicks on Save and Ok and it doesn't gets interrupted in the downloading process. You can set the configuration as follows:

profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.set_preference("browser.download.dir",os.getcwd());
profile.set_preference("browser.download.folderList",2);
profile.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "application/csv,application/excel,application/vnd.msexcel,application/vnd.ms-excel,text/anytext,text/comma-separated-values,text/csv,application/vnd.ms-excel,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet,application/octet-stream");
profile.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting",False);
profile.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.openFile","application/csv,application/excel,application/vnd.msexcel,application/vnd.ms-excel,text/anytext,text/comma-separated-values,text/csv,application/vnd.ms-excel,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet,application/octet-stream");
profile.set_preference("browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force", False);
profile.set_preference("browser.download.manager.useWindow", False);
profile.set_preference("browser.download.manager.focusWhenStarting", False);
profile.set_preference("browser.download.manager.alertOnEXEOpen", False);
profile.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete", False);
profile.set_preference("browser.download.manager.closeWhenDone", True);
profile.set_preference("pdfjs.disabled", True);

edited Jun 5, 2019 at 13:04

answered Jun 3, 2017 at 10:26

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user8023364 Over a year ago

thanx for answering, but unfortunately again the same pop-up as (in the 2nd image) is occouring. Am I required to do some changes in it or do you have any other solution

user8023364 Over a year ago

yeah sure take your tym.

user8023364 Over a year ago

Again the same popup is occouring. I am not getting why is this happening. As per your knowledge do this have a relation with option "Do this....." which is not clickable, the same which I mentioned in my question

user8023364 Over a year ago

Yeah dude now it works... Thanks a lot man @DebanjanB. Can you please provide me the source from where I can learn this profile setting step...

undetected Selenium Over a year ago

@user8023364 Glad to be able to help you :) the more you help others the more you learn through Research & Development. Thanks

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