How to Download a File using Selenium WebDriver II Automation with Selenium and Java
In this session you will learn how to Download a file from different browsers
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What is File Upload/Download
Uploading a File in to a webpage
Download a File from a webpage
Example :
(Upload) Profile Photo upload on any web page
(Download) any file from webpage
Note : File Download is varies from different browser to browser, and also depends on Operating Systems and Operating System versions itself
Different Methods to Upload / Download
Simple SendKeys to upload
Robot
Auto IT
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Example program :
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package com.seleniumbasics;
import java.awt.AWTException;
import java.awt.Robot;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
public class FileDowload_Example
{
public static void main(String args[]) throws AWTException
{
//File Download using Chrome Browser
/*
System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",
".\\drivers\\chromedriver.exe"); WebDriver driver=new ChromeDriver();
driver.navigate().to("http://the-internet.herokuapp.com/dow...");
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='some-file.txt']")).click();
*/
// File Download using Firefox
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver",".\\drivers\\geckodriver.exe");
WebDriver driver=new FirefoxDriver();
driver.navigate().to("http://the-internet.herokuapp.com/dow...");
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[text()='some-file.txt']")).click();
// Pressing Down arrow to select Save File and then pressing Enter so that it will download the File
Robot robot=new Robot();
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_DOWN);
robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER);
}
}