Selenium with Python Tutorial 23- How to Download Files using Firefox Browser

Topic : How to Download Files using Firefox Browser

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[nareshsalevaddi]

Could you please explain why did you added the following 2 statements in the piece of code. fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2) , fp.set_preference("pdfjs.disabled", True)

[robsonjunior]

When I use profile.set_preference("pdfjs.disabled", True) it won't to close the webdriver. Even with driver.close() and driver.quit() . Why?

[venudharreddymarri]

Hello Pavan,


After adding below statements still I see download pop-up is displaying in Firefox


fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/plain, application/pdf") #Mime type
fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", False)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "C://Work//UploadsDownloads")
fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2)
fp.set_preference("pdfjs.disable", True)


I'm using Firefox 52.3.0 ESR, geckodriver 0.17.0 & selenium webdriver 3.4.3


Thanks & Regards,
Venudhar Reddy Marri

[akashbhosale]

fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2) , fp.set_preference("pdfjs.disabled", True) why do we use those statements or conditions ?

[fahimhadi]

Thank you, this tutorial is really helpful. But I got error: __init__() got multiple values for argument 'firefox_profile'
what should I do?

[srikrishnanr]

Any way to give user defined file name and path during download ?

[vignesh_waran]

Sir how to name to rename the download file as per our requirement in the code

[michaeldyoung]

Hello teacher, this is super helpful. What if I tried to download .xls excel file? What should I change "fp.set_preference("pdfjs.disabled", True)" to? Thank you!

[estebanasecas]

nothing happens to me, the pop-up continues why?

[analyticsandintelligence]

Sir, how we can achieve the same task with headless?