How to set default download directory in selenium Chrome Capabilities?

We can set the default download directory in Selenium with Chrome capabilities. All the browsers have a download directory set by default. We can modify it via the browser settings.

We can change the setting manually, but it gets modified on triggering a script. We change the directory for download in Chrome browser with the help of ChromeOptions class.

We are required to add capabilities to the browser with the parameter download.default_directory. The path of the new location to be set is considered as its value.

Example

Code Implementation.

import java.io.File; import org.openqa.selenium.By; import java.io.IOException; import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver; import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeOptions; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.Map; public class SetDownloadPathChrome {    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {       System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C:\Users\ghs6kor\Desktop\Java\chromedriver.exe");       // new download path set       Map<String, Object> p = new HashMap<String, Object>();       // File.separator to get folder path p.put("download.default_directory", System.getProperty("user.dir") + File.separator + "Downloads" + File.separator + "FilesDownloadChrome");       // adding capabilities to browser       ChromeOptions o = new ChromeOptions();       o.setExperimentalOption("prefs", p);       // adding desired capabilities to browser       ChromeDriver driver= new ChromeDriver(o);       driver.get("https://www.seleniumhq.org/download/");       //maximize window       driver.manage().window().maximize();       // identify element and start download       driver.findElement(By.linkText("32 bit Windows IE")).click();    } }

Output

Moreover, the file gets downloaded within the project folder.