Downloading file with Python Selenium
I am trying to automate a workflow using python and selenium where i will open a page and download couple of .txt file.
My web driver initialization looks like below:
fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", False)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "c:\selenium_firefox_downloads\")
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/plain")
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp)
The above code is working fine, but the problem is there are some files whose extension are in uppercase. For e.g. file.TXT, the above code is not working for this particular case.
Whenever i am trying to download files with .TXT extension instead of saving it to directory c:selenium_firefox_downloads firefox is giving me a popup window and asking me where to save it.
I am not sure if the MIME type 'text/plain' is compatible only .txt (i.e. in lowercase)
Could anyone please help me with this issue ?
Python version: 3.6.6 64bit on Windows 7
Selenium version: 3.141.0
Firefox version: 63.0.1 64bit
Gecko driver: 0.23.0
python selenium web firefox automation
asked Nov 13 '18 at 11:30
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
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I am trying to automate a workflow using python and selenium where i will open a page and download couple of .txt file.
My web driver initialization looks like below:
fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", False)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "c:\selenium_firefox_downloads\")
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/plain")
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp)
The above code is working fine, but the problem is there are some files whose extension are in uppercase. For e.g. file.TXT, the above code is not working for this particular case.
Whenever i am trying to download files with .TXT extension instead of saving it to directory c:selenium_firefox_downloads firefox is giving me a popup window and asking me where to save it.
I am not sure if the MIME type 'text/plain' is compatible only .txt (i.e. in lowercase)
Could anyone please help me with this issue ?
Python version: 3.6.6 64bit on Windows 7
Selenium version: 3.141.0
Firefox version: 63.0.1 64bit
Gecko driver: 0.23.0
python selenium web firefox automation
asked Nov 13 '18 at 11:30
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
you can expand the list to include : "application/txt,text/plain,text/txt,text/txt" . Problem solved.
– MEdwin
Nov 13 '18 at 11:35
You can open Dev tools (F12), switch to Network tab and check the exact MIME-type (content-type header) of target file
– Andersson
Nov 13 '18 at 11:37
@Andersson Thanks for the suggestion, it helped.
– Shirshendu Bhowmick
Nov 13 '18 at 11:48
add a comment |
I am trying to automate a workflow using python and selenium where i will open a page and download couple of .txt file.
My web driver initialization looks like below:
fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", False)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "c:\selenium_firefox_downloads\")
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/plain")
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp)
The above code is working fine, but the problem is there are some files whose extension are in uppercase. For e.g. file.TXT, the above code is not working for this particular case.
Whenever i am trying to download files with .TXT extension instead of saving it to directory c:selenium_firefox_downloads firefox is giving me a popup window and asking me where to save it.
I am not sure if the MIME type 'text/plain' is compatible only .txt (i.e. in lowercase)
Could anyone please help me with this issue ?
Python version: 3.6.6 64bit on Windows 7
Selenium version: 3.141.0
Firefox version: 63.0.1 64bit
Gecko driver: 0.23.0
python selenium web firefox automation
asked Nov 13 '18 at 11:30
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
I am trying to automate a workflow using python and selenium where i will open a page and download couple of .txt file.
My web driver initialization looks like below:
fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference("browser.download.folderList", 2)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", False)
fp.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "c:\selenium_firefox_downloads\")
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/plain")
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp)
The above code is working fine, but the problem is there are some files whose extension are in uppercase. For e.g. file.TXT, the above code is not working for this particular case.
Whenever i am trying to download files with .TXT extension instead of saving it to directory c:selenium_firefox_downloads firefox is giving me a popup window and asking me where to save it.
I am not sure if the MIME type 'text/plain' is compatible only .txt (i.e. in lowercase)
Could anyone please help me with this issue ?
Python version: 3.6.6 64bit on Windows 7
Selenium version: 3.141.0
Firefox version: 63.0.1 64bit
Gecko driver: 0.23.0
python selenium web firefox automation
python selenium web firefox automation
asked Nov 13 '18 at 11:30
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
asked Nov 13 '18 at 11:30
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
asked Nov 13 '18 at 11:30
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
asked Nov 13 '18 at 11:30
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
asked Nov 13 '18 at 11:30
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
1137
you can expand the list to include : "application/txt,text/plain,text/txt,text/txt" . Problem solved.
– MEdwin
Nov 13 '18 at 11:35
You can open Dev tools (F12), switch to Network tab and check the exact MIME-type (content-type header) of target file
– Andersson
Nov 13 '18 at 11:37
@Andersson Thanks for the suggestion, it helped.
– Shirshendu Bhowmick
Nov 13 '18 at 11:48
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you can expand the list to include : "application/txt,text/plain,text/txt,text/txt" . Problem solved.
– MEdwin
Nov 13 '18 at 11:35
You can open Dev tools (F12), switch to Network tab and check the exact MIME-type (content-type header) of target file
– Andersson
Nov 13 '18 at 11:37
@Andersson Thanks for the suggestion, it helped.
– Shirshendu Bhowmick
Nov 13 '18 at 11:48
you can expand the list to include : "application/txt,text/plain,text/txt,text/txt" . Problem solved.
– MEdwin
Nov 13 '18 at 11:35
you can expand the list to include : "application/txt,text/plain,text/txt,text/txt" . Problem solved.
– MEdwin
Nov 13 '18 at 11:35
You can open Dev tools (F12), switch to Network tab and check the exact MIME-type (content-type header) of target file
– Andersson
Nov 13 '18 at 11:37
You can open Dev tools (F12), switch to Network tab and check the exact MIME-type (content-type header) of target file
– Andersson
Nov 13 '18 at 11:37
@Andersson Thanks for the suggestion, it helped.
– Shirshendu Bhowmick
Nov 13 '18 at 11:48
@Andersson Thanks for the suggestion, it helped.
– Shirshendu Bhowmick
Nov 13 '18 at 11:48
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As per the suggestion received from Andersson, i checked the MIME type of those and it seems to be different from text/plain. So i simply added the new MIME type to browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk and it worked.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 11:52
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As per the suggestion received from Andersson, i checked the MIME type of those and it seems to be different from text/plain. So i simply added the new MIME type to browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk and it worked.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 11:52
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
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As per the suggestion received from Andersson, i checked the MIME type of those and it seems to be different from text/plain. So i simply added the new MIME type to browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk and it worked.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 11:52
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
add a comment |
As per the suggestion received from Andersson, i checked the MIME type of those and it seems to be different from text/plain. So i simply added the new MIME type to browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk and it worked.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 11:52
Shirshendu BhowmickShirshendu Bhowmick
1137
As per the suggestion received from Andersson, i checked the MIME type of those and it seems to be different from text/plain. So i simply added the new MIME type to browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk and it worked.
answered Nov 13 '18 at 11:52
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you can expand the list to include : "application/txt,text/plain,text/txt,text/txt" . Problem solved.
– MEdwin
Nov 13 '18 at 11:35
You can open Dev tools (F12), switch to Network tab and check the exact MIME-type (content-type header) of target file
– Andersson
Nov 13 '18 at 11:37
@Andersson Thanks for the suggestion, it helped.
– Shirshendu Bhowmick
Nov 13 '18 at 11:48