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I tried to change chrome preferences using below code but I am not able to do. I need to change download location of file in chrome using java/selenium. I tried 2-3 code snippets as mentioned below but none of them works for me.

Snippet-1

HashMap<String, Object> chromePrefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
chromePrefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);
chromePrefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", chromePrefs);
DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(cap);

Snippet-2

Map<String, Object> chromePrefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
chromePrefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);
chromePrefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
Map<String, Object> chromeOptionsMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", chromePrefs);
options.addArguments("--test-type");
DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, chromeOptionsMap);
cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(cap);

Snippet-3

Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
prefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);
DesiredCapabilities caps = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs);
options.addArguments("--disable-extensions");
caps.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(caps);
Parth
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  • Possible duplicate of [how to change file download location in Webdriver while using chrome driver/firefox driver](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27824124/how-to-change-file-download-location-in-webdriver-while-using-chrome-driver-fire) – optimistic_creeper Sep 20 '16 at 11:10
  • one of the snippets of my problem is from that link only. But it is not working for me. – Parth Sep 21 '16 at 07:48

1 Answers1

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I was also facing the same issue .But below code helped me to solve problem and works fine.

Points to remember :-

1)Change the chrome driver path .

2)Change the downloadFilepath to desired location you needed .

Code :-

@Test

public void testDownload() throws Exception {

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/path/to/chromedriver");
String downloadFilepath = "/path/to/download";
HashMap<String, Object> chromePrefs = new HashMap<String, Object>();
chromePrefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);
chromePrefs.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);
ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
HashMap<String, Object> chromeOptionsMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
options.setExperimentalOptions("prefs", chromePrefs);
options.addArguments("--test-type");

DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, chromeOptionsMap);
cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
cap.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);

WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(cap);

driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.get("http://spreadsheetpage.com/index.php/file/C35/P10/");
driver.findElement(By.linkText("smilechart.xls")).click();

}

Thanks.

Vishnu Reddy
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