Unable to download file using ChromeDriver

Question

I am using chromedriver with selenium to download files from application. But while clicking on download button in application, it given error as "Failed-Download error."

Chromedriver version : 2.21 Selenium version : 2.53.0

Code for initializing chrome driver and changing download location :

            String newPath = "D:\\Backup" + File.separator + "Database ";
            new File(newPath).mkdir();
            HashMap<String, Object> chromePrefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
            chromePrefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);
            chromePrefs.put("download.default_directory", newPath);
            chromePrefs.put("safebrowsing.enabled", "true");
            ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
            options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", chromePrefs);
            options.addArguments("--test-type");
            DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
            cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
            cap.setCapability("disable-popup-blocking", true);
            cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
            System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", CHROME_DRIVER_PATH);
            driver = new ChromeDriver(cap);
            // Maximize the driver window
            driver.manage().window().maximize();

Error is :

Can someone help me with this? I am able to download file from Chrome manually.

Answer 1

In my case I had something similar, but the error was in the folder name I used. I describe the path as C:/myFolder instead of C:\myFolder.

In previous version of ChromeDriver the first approach was still valid. Now it looks like this is not working anymore giving some Download error.