How to set default download directory in selenium Chrome Capabilities?

We can set the default download directory in Selenium with Chrome capabilities. All the browsers have a download directory set by default. We can modify it via the browser settings.

We can change the setting manually, but it gets modified on triggering a script. We change the directory for download in Chrome browser with the help of ChromeOptions class.

We are required to add capabilities to the browser with the parameter download.default_directory. The path of the new location to be set is considered as its value.

Example

Code Implementation.

import java.io.File;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class SetDownloadPathChrome {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\chromedriver.exe");
      // new download path set
      Map p = new HashMap();
      // File.separator to get folder path p.put("download.default_directory", System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + "Downloads" + File.separator + "FilesDownloadChrome");
      // adding capabilities to browser
      ChromeOptions o = new ChromeOptions();
      o.setExperimentalOption("prefs", p);
      // adding desired capabilities to browser
      ChromeDriver driver= new ChromeDriver(o);
      driver.get("https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/");
      //maximize window
      driver.manage().window().maximize();
      // identify element and start download
      driver.findElement(By.linkText("32 bit Windows IE")).click();
   }
}

Output

Moreover, the file gets downloaded within the project folder.