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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<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.
Updated on: 28-Dec-2020
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