Downloading file to specified location with Selenium and python.

We can download files to a specified location with Selenium in Python. This is done by the help of the ChromeOptions class. We shall set the preferences of the browser and pass the download.default_directory parameter.

We need to mention the path of the download directory with that parameter. This preference is sent to the ChromeOptions object with the add_experimental_option method.

Finally, this browser information is shared with the driver object.

Syntax

op = webdriver.ChromeOptions() p = ("download.default_directory": "C:\Users", "safebrowsing.enabled":"false") op.add_experimental_option("prefs", p) driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=op)

Example

Code Implementation.

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By #object of ChromeOptions op = webdriver.ChromeOptions() #set download directory path p = ("download.default_directory": "C:\Users""safebrowsing.enabled":"false") #adding preferences to ChromeOptions op.add_experimental_option("prefs", p) driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path="C:\chromedriver.exe", chrome_options=op) driver.implicitly_wait(0.4) driver.get("https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/"); #identify element m = driver.find_element_by_link_text("32 bit Windows IE") m.click()

Output