How to disable "this type of file can harm your computer" in ChromeDriver?

[Eric Liu]

I'm trying to automate the download of an XML file but it keeps getting blocked by this warning message. I can't interact with the message via the driver and all the solutions online seem to be deprecated. 

Any way to disable these popups so it will automatically accept the download?

Thanks

[Eric Liu]

Using Java, ChromeDriver, and Windows 10

[Joe Ward]

There's no way of answering this question without telling us what sort of popup you're referring to.

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[Eric Liu]

The "this type of file can harm your computer" popup

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[Joe Ward]

Ah, that's not really something Selenium can "handle". 

You are probably seeing a lot of resources recommending you launch the browser with --safebrowsing-disable-download-protection, but that won't work either as safe browsing us now the default behavior.

An option might be to create a profile where you have done what's described here https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/99020?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en and load that profile when you launch the browser. 

To be honest though checking downloads isn't exactly what Selenium is good for...

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[Thiago Salgado]

Just take URL link and use wget tô download it

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[Eric Liu]

I am not downloading via a link but rather creating an output. Can anyone else confirm there is no way to avoid the popup? Seems odd since there was a way back then until it was patched.

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[Joe Ward]

You find it odd that Chromium would make protected browsing default? Did you have any luck with my other suggestion? 

The list of command line switches Chrome accepts is here 

https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/, feel free to try and find one that fits your needs. 

The switch was removed here in August 2017. 

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/550e314e8fc7546b77de5beacb7654b838886915

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