Download file to specific directory using selenium

Question

I am scraping a website with credentials and I have to click an element (button) that exports a pdf file (not as save as window).

The button directly exports the pdf

Answer 1

You specify the default download at the start with SetPreference. You could then rename the file by finding the latest modified file in that folder (in this case I use file system object with .csv mask)

If you have an actual URL for download then use URLMon or binary download.

Option Explicit
Public Sub SpecifyDownloadFolder()
    Dim d As WebDriver, filename As String, myFolder As Object
    Const URL = "https://www.stats.govt.nz/large-datasets/csv-files-for-download/"
    Const DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY As String = "C:\Users\User\Downloads"
    Const FILE_NAME As String = "myNewCsv.csv"
    Dim fso As Object
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")   
    Set d = New ChromeDriver
    With d
        .SetPreference "download.default_directory", DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY
        .SetPreference "download.directory_upgrade", True 'safeguard
        .SetPreference "download.prompt_for_download", False 'safeguard
        .get URL
        .FindElementByCss("h3 [download]").Click
        Application.Wait Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 5)
        d.Quit
    End With

    Set myFolder = fso.GetFolder(DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY)

    Dim objFile As Object, dteFile As Date

    dteFile = DateSerial(1900, 1, 1)
    For Each objFile In myFolder.Files
        If objFile.DateLastModified > dteFile And fso.GetExtensionName(objFile.Path) = "csv" Then
            dteFile = objFile.DateLastModified
            filename = objFile.NAME
        End If
    Next objFile
    If filename <> vbNullString And Not fso.FileExists(DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY & "\" & FILE_NAME) Then
       fso.MoveFile DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY & "\" & filename, DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY & "\" & FILE_NAME
    End If
End Sub