How to get rid of getting alert "This type of files may harm your computer. Do you want to keep or discard?"

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I am trying to download files from website using selenium and chrome webdriver in python and i am getting the alert to keep or discard. I have tried every way as mentioned on stackoverflow to change the chrome option and preferences, but of no use.

Thanks in Advance

If you have exact URL to the file you can use `urlretrieve("URL","File Name")` from `from urllib.request`. — Tek Nath Acharya, Dec 03 '19 at 05:06
I cannot make use of url path, since it is default for my webpage, only content of page is getting changed. @TekNath — user11576702, Dec 03 '19 at 06:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '19 at 04:33

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Have you tried this?

chromeOptions = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
  prefs = {'safebrowsing.enabled': 'false'}
  chromeOptions.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)
  driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=chromeOptions)

answered Dec 03 '19 at 04:33

Amruta

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Yes...I have tried these things preferences = {"download.default_directory": download_dir, "download.prompt_for_download": False, "profile.default_content_settings.popups": 0, "download.extensions_to_open": 'inf', "download.extensions_to_open": 'cfg', "safebrowsing.enabled": True, "profile.default_content_setting_values.automatic_downloads": 1} @Amruta – user11576702 Dec 03 '19 at 05:07

How to get rid of getting alert "This type of files may harm your computer. Do you want to keep or discard?"

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