How to set default download directory in selenium Chrome Capabilities?

Selenium Automation Testing Testing Tools

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<String, Object> p = new HashMap<String, Object>();
      // 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.

Debomita Bhattacharjee

Published on 28-Dec-2020 12:57:10

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