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Downloading a file at a specified location through python and selenium using Chrome driver.
We can download a file at a specified location through Python and Selenium using the chromedriver. We shall use the ChromeOptions class for this purpose. First, we shall create an object of the ChromeOptions class.
Then apply the add_experimental_option method on the object created. We shall pass browser preferences and download.default_directory:<location of downloaded file> as parameters to that method. Finally, this information shall be passed to the driver object.
Syntax
op = webdriver.ChromeOptions() p = {'download.default_directory':'C:\Users\ghs6kor\Downloads\Test'} op.add_experimental_option('prefs', p)
Example
from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options #object of ChromeOptions class op = webdriver.ChromeOptions() #browser preferences p = {'download.default_directory':'C:\Users\ghs6kor\Downloads\Test'} #add options to browser op.add_experimental_option('prefs', p) #set chromedriver.exe path driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\chromedriver.exe", options=op) #maximize browser driver.maximize_window() #launch URL driver.get("https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/"); #click download link l = driver.find_element_by_link_text("32 bit Windows IE") l.click()
Output
Also, the file gets downloaded at the desired location.
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