Setting a custom browser.download.dir for Firefox using Webdriver

[Jonathan]

I'm testing an application that allows me to download a text file.
Since I don't want to code around the browser's download dialog box, I
thought I'd set a profile for it to just download the file without
confirmation.

Why doesn't the following work?

fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "/tmp" )
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk",
"text/plain")

driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp)

When I execute this, the preferences appear to be set, looking in
fp.path/prefs.js, but when I look at Firefox->Edit->Preferences, the
downloads directory is the one from the default profile (Downloads).

I'm on Ubuntu 11.04, using Firefox 4.0.1, webdriver 2.5.0.

[Krishnan Mahadevan]

The latest version of selenium is 2.16.1
Can you please try in that?

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[Mark Collin]

Can you supply all of your code, the snippet pasted looks correct.

Another option would be to get the download link using selenium and then use
Java to download the file:

https://github.com/Ardesco/Ebselen/blob/master/ebselen-core/src/main/java/co
m/lazerycode/ebselen/customhandlers/FileDownloader.java

driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp)

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[Christopher Tichenor]

You've mostly got it right, but you also have to tell Firefox to actually use the directory you specified. So the code should go like this:

         

fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile() 

fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2) # 0 means to download to the desktop, 1 means to download to the default "Downloads" directory, 2 means to use the directory you specify in "browser.download.dir"

fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "/tmp" ) 

          fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/plain") 

          driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp)

[Yevgeniy Semashko]

fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()

fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList",2)

fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting",False)

fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "/tmp")

fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/html")

but I have this error 

[Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'c:\\users\\semashko\\appdata\\local\\temp\\tmpx7susu/*.*'

[CH!NN@ K]

Hi Semashko , It is working for my functionality of direct download to my PC using Selenium Automation. please check it once then you will get any idea for your requirement. click on below link
http://techlearn.in/content/how-download-pdf-file-website   

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Purushotham Karimbedu,

Druapl Developer and QA Engineer,

Website for Selenium : http://techlearn.in

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[Mark Collin]

Looks like you are setting a *nix download path on a windows machine.  Try modifying the download directory to a windows style one.

I would also ask what you are trying to achieve with this code?  Are you actually checking any of the files you have downloaded?

Have a read of this:

http://ardesco.lazerycode.com/index.php/2012/07/how-to-download-files-with-selenium-and-why-you-shouldnt/

and a watch of this:

https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/5068-what-did-you-just-download

Do you still need to do the test you are trying to do in the way you are trying to do it?