Setting chromedriver preferences on protractor tests

Question

Trying to find a solution to download files during my tests, i found this question that lead me to preferences file in chrome folder.

Apparently, there are no info about shutting the prompt for download or/and setting a default folder. Does anyone knows how i can do this?

Here's what i tried:

capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'chromeOptions': {

            prefs: {
                'downloads': {
                    'prompt_for_download': false,
                    'default_directory': '/downloads/'
                }
            }
        }
    },

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

19

You are doing it correctly, except you need to:

specify an absolute path to the "downloads" directory
add directory_upgrade option

Example:

capabilities: {
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'chromeOptions': {

            prefs: {
                download: {
                    'prompt_for_download': false,
                    'directory_upgrade': true,
                    'default_directory': '/absolute/path/here'
                }
            }
        }
    },

See also: Can't stop Protractor from displaying file download prompt

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Jan 13 '15 at 14:53

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Got it, the key was the absolute path instead a relative path. PS: it is **download** instead **downloads**. – andrepm Jan 13 '15 at 17:19
Obviously this won't work for another comuputer right? any idea on how to do it relative? – Bruno Soko Mar 01 '17 at 04:06
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To make it work with a relative path one can use: `'default_directory': process.cwd() + '/relative/path/'`. – Łukasz K Jul 13 '17 at 11:52

Setting chromedriver preferences on protractor tests

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