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 to use this code:

FirefoxProfile profile = new FirefoxProfile();
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(profile); 

profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk" , "application/octet-stream;application/csv;text/csv;application/vnd.ms-excel;"); 
profile.setPreference("browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force", false);
profile.setPreference("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting",false);
profile.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2); 
profile.setPreference("browser.download.dir","e:\\SampleExcel");