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Question

I use Selenium (python) and Firefox portable browser.

My goal is to download a lot of files using selenium (namely through Selenium). When you click on the link, the file should start downloading, but this window opens.

Tell me, are there any selenium settings to avoid opening such a window?

You can do that using firefox profile. Below links might be helpful for you https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41644381/python-set-firefox-preferences-for-selenium-download-location https://gist.github.com/acdcjunior/123423d40717efa667a3 — mkhurmi, Apr 16 '20 at 18:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '20 at 01:43

Try to set preference neverAsk.saveToDisk

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options


def example():
    opt = Options()
    opt.headless = False  # Or True

    fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()

    fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2)
    fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", False)
    fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete", False)
    fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", 
                      "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint")
    fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "C:\\folder_name\\Downloads")

    firefox_browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp, options=opt)

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