How to handle file download popup using Selenium WebDriver?

Question

I have written a code to download an excel file, it is working, but it stops as soon as the popup appears. Automatically it should download the file and store in specified l

Answer 1

Try below code

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
        String path = "D:\\Downloads_sel";
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.dir", path);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.alertOnEXEOpen", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsksaveToDisk", "application/x-msexcel,application/excel,application/x-excel,application/excel,application/x-excel,application/excel,application/vnd.ms-excel,application/x-excel,application/x-msexcel");
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.focusWhenStarting", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.alertOnEXEOpen", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.closeWhenDone", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.useWindow", false);
        profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", false);
        profile.setPreference("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", false);
        profile.setPreference("pdfjs.disabled", true);

        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile);

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