Using Selenium Webdrivers method "browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk" how can i download a file automatically on click of a link

Question

Using Selenium Web-driver in Java, am trying to download a file on click of a link in an Application.

i.e. On click of a Link the download should begin without asking an option whether to save the file or not with Firefox 12 Browser.

I am Using browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk method.

Actual Result:

When I run this code the file is not getting saved automatically, rather it is asking for an option to save or not. Am Using a Data driven Approach where I am getting the elements from an Excel File.

Can Anyone please help me out?

Below is code where browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk is used

public class Driver {      static WebDriver driver;     public static void main(String[] args) {          FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();          profile.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2);         profile.setPreference("browser.download.dir", "d:\\");         profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "application/vnd.ms-excel");          driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);         driver.get("https://www.testapp.com");                  driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS);         TestRunner.run(suiteToRun());      }     public static Test suiteToRun(){         TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();         System.out.println("Login Class");         suite.addTestSuite(LoginLogout.class);         return suite;     } } 

Answer 1

Maybe the content-type application/vnd.ms-excel is not correct.

Try listing all content-types using the following code:

public class Driver {     static WebDriver driver;      public static void main(String[] args) {         FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();          profile.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2);         profile.setPreference("browser.download.dir", "d:\\");         profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", 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         driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);         driver.get("https://www.testapp.com");          driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS);         TestRunner.run(suiteToRun());     }      public static Test suiteToRun() {         TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();         System.out.println("Login Class");         suite.addTestSuite(LoginLogout.class);         return suite;     } } 

After determining which content-type the file belongs to, remember to delete all the other content-types. Since listing all of them makes the code ugly.