How to download all pdf files with selenium python?

Answer − We can download all pdf files using Selenium webdriver in Python. A file is downloaded in the default path set in the Chrome browser. However, we can modify the path of the downloaded file programmatically in Selenium.

This is done with the help of the Options class. We have to create an object of this class and apply add_experimental_option. We have to pass the parameters - prefs and the path where the pdf is to be downloaded to this method. Finally, this information has to be sent to the webdriver object.

Syntax

op = Options() p = {"download.default_directory": "../pdf"} op.add_experimental_option("prefs", p)

Example

Code Implementation

from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options #Options instance op = Options() #configure path of downloaded pdf file p = {"download.default_directory": "../pdf"} op.add_experimental_option("prefs", p) #send browser option to webdriver object driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='../drivers/chromedriver', options=op) #implicit wait driver.implicitly_wait(0.8) #url launch driver.get("http://demo.automationtesting.in/FileDownload.html") #browser maximize driver.maximize_window() #identify element m = driver.find_element_by_id('pdfbox') m.send_keys("infotest") t = driver.find_element_by_id('createPdf') t.click() e = driver.find_element_by_id('pdf-link-to-download') e.click() #driver close driver.close()