clicking the download button is not working properly in selenium java

Question

I did not face any error as no element found however my test case is passed in console but when i checked in download folder it shows some temp file instead of actual image file. It will be very useful if someone solve this issue.

driver.get("https://demoqa.com/elements");

driver.manage().window().maximize();

driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
            
            // Here normal 'findElement' is not working, hence used the javascript executor
            
            WebElement leftmenu = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//li[@id='item-7']//span)[1]"));
            JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
            executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", leftmenu);  //clicking the left menu 
            
            Thread.sleep(5000);
            
            driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@download='sampleFile.jpeg']")).click();  // download button

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '21 at 16:38

You are finishing the test run and closing the browser immediately after clicking the download button.
Try adding a simple sleep after clicking it.
Also, you should not use hardcoded pauses like this

Thread.sleep(5000);

Explicit wait should be used instead.
Also please try to wait until the element is visible, as I wrote here. I think this will let you clicking it with regular driver .click() method.
Try this:

driver.get("https://demoqa.com/elements");

driver.manage().window().maximize();
WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver, globalDelay);
            
// Here normal 'findElement' is not working, hence used the javascript executor
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("(//li[@id='item-7']//span)[1]"))).click();            
//WebElement leftmenu = driver.findElement(By.xpath("(//li[@id='item-7']//span)[1]"));
//JavascriptExecutor executor = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
//executor.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", leftmenu);  //clicking the left menu 

wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.xpath("//a[@download='sampleFile.jpeg']"))).click();            

Thread.sleep(5000);

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '21 at 16:39

To click() on the element Download you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

linkText:

driver.findElement(By.linkText("Download")).click();

cssSelector:

driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("a#downloadButton[download^='sampleFile']")).click();

xpath:

driver.findElement(By.xpath("//a[@id='downloadButton' and starts-with(@download, 'sampleFile')]")).click();

Ideally, to click() on the element you need to induce WebDriverWait for the elementToBeClickable() and you can use either of the following Locator Strategies:

linkText:

new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.linkText("Download"))).click();

cssSelector:

new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.cssSelector("a#downloadButton[download^='sampleFile']"))).click();

xpath:

new WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath("//a[@id='downloadButton' and starts-with(@download, 'sampleFile')]"))).click();

PS: Once you click on Download don't close the web browser immediately and wait for sometime for the download process to be completed.

clicking the download button is not working properly in selenium java

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