Firefox + Selenium WebDriver and download a csv file automatically

Question

I have problem with Selenium WebDriver and Firefox. I want to download csv file without confirmation in dialog window and I have code like this:

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Answer 1

Now (May 2016),

 SetPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/csv"); // C#

works for me

Answer 2

SetPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "application/comma-separated-values ,text/csv"); //in java selenium this will work for downloading all type of csv files... thanks, enjoy....

Answer 3

Sometime the content type is not as you'd expect Use HttpFox Firefox plugin (or similar) to find the real content type of the file and use it in your code

BTW, For me the content type was

fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.openFile", "application/octet-stream");
fp.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "application/octet-stream");