Active 1 year, 5 months ago. Viewed 4k times. I have changed the path of file download from using below code. Improve this question. I tried using new python file and call it in script file but its downloading to download file which is default of chrome and not to my defined file.
I have created one python file using above code. Show 6 more comments. How can I select the download directory through the python program so that it does not get downloaded in the default Downloads directory. I found a solution for firefox but there the download dialog keeps popping up every time it clicks on the link which does not happen in Chrome.
Its not valid Chrome command line switch, see the source code use hoju answer below to set the Preferences. You can create a profile for chrome and define the download location for the tests.
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Thank you, dmb. I added what you have said with the same outcome. No error message or complaint was given, but the two sample jpg files were not modified into 1.
I just opened a question here. You are welcome to answer. How can you be sure that 1 second is sufficient a wait time? Show 5 more comments. There is something i would correct for parishodak answer: the filename here will only return the relative path here the name of the file not the absolute path.
Installed dirpath in python3, but another dependency popped up cached. Unable to find it. Any alternative solution? This function is going to loop as long as the directory is empty. Burak Kaymakci Burak Kaymakci 2 2 gold badges 11 11 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. Not sure if is the best way, but it worked for me.. Negrali Selest Negrali Selest 1 2 2 bronze badges. BrunoF BrunoF 2, 19 19 silver badges 36 36 bronze badges. James Lemieux James Lemieux 1 1 gold badge 6 6 silver badges 25 25 bronze badges.
You will not have href all the time. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. BigBoy BigBoy 3, 13 13 gold badges 59 59 silver badges bronze badges. Ref to this answer. You can use the method mentioned in there to make sure the script wait until the download is completed and you will get the file name in return after the download completed.
Is there a way to do this in headless mode? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. If you count the unofficial ones, the list is even longer. I assume some familiarity with the language and the usage of Maven. So, the first thing you should do is to add the Java bindings for Selenium as a dependency to your pom.
Go to google. Then, you have to click the Begin Upload button. By inspecting the elements on the page, you can find out that the button has the id uploadbutton. On the other hand, the file selector has both the name and the id set to uploadname1.
The code will be straightforward. After executing the code, Chrome opens up and accesses the demo site, and the upload occurs successfully:. While uploading a file using Selenium is easy—almost trivial—downloading files can be a little more tricky. The problem is that Selenium has no way of handling the download windows of the many different browsers. There is one simple workaround, though. With that option switched off, Chrome will never ask where to save each file.
Instead, it will always save each file to the default location. This is where programmers, testers, and QA professionals can practice software testing. The page we linked to has a few. Just that.
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