How to set default download directory in selenium Chrome Capabilities?

Question

Please find the below code with the chrome capabilities. In fact the browser is not downloading the file to the specified path.

private static DesiredCapabilities getChromeCapabilities() throws Exception {      String chromePath = BrowserUtil.class.getResource("/Browserdrivers/chromedriver.exe").getPath();     System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", chromePath);     String downloadFilepath = "C:\\TestDownloads";     ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();     HashMap<String, Object> chromePrefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();     chromePrefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);     chromePrefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);     options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", chromePrefs);     options.addArguments("--test-type");     options.addArguments("start-maximized", "disable-popup-blocking");      DesiredCapabilities chromeCapabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();     setProxy(chromeCapabilities);     chromeCapabilities.setPlatform(Platform.WINDOWS);     chromeCapabilities.setCapability("name", MDC.get("testname"));     chromeCapabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);     return chromeCapabilities; } 

Answer 1

For Chromedriver try out with:

String downloadFilepath = "/path/to/download"; HashMap<String, Object> chromePrefs = new HashMap<String, Object>(); chromePrefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0); chromePrefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath); ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", chromePrefs); DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome(); cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true); cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options); WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(cap); 

Note:- In windows you need to use \\ for path while if you are using linux or mac then use //

Hope this helps. :)

Answer 2

For Python users who see this page -- here's how I set the download directory in Python Selenium (this is just the Python version of Shubham's accepted answer):

def newChromeBrowser(headless=True, downloadPath=None):     """ Helper function that creates a new Selenium browser """     options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()     if headless:         options.add_argument('headless')     if downloadPath is not None:         prefs = {}         os.makedirs(downloadPath)         prefs["profile.default_content_settings.popups"]=0         prefs["download.default_directory"]=downloadPath         options.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)     browser = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=CHROMEDRIVER_PATH)     return browser