how to change file download location in Webdriver while using chrome driver/firefox driver

Question

I am trying to save an image by using save as option inside a specific folder. I found a way by which I am able to right click on the image which I want to save using save a

Answer 1

For Chrome Browser:

Even you can disable the windows dialogue (Save As Dialogue) with the following code snippet. You need to do following settins in the chromedriver preferences:

• turn off the download prompt if it appears
• set the default directory to download the file
• If PDF view plugin is enabled which opens the PDF file in browser, you can disable that so that download can start automatically

• Accept any certificate in browser

  String downloadFilepath = "/path/to/download/directory/";
  Map<String, Object> preferences = new Hashtable<String, Object>();
  preferences.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);
  preferences.put("download.prompt_for_download", "false");
  preferences.put("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);
  
  // disable flash and the PDF viewer
  preferences.put("plugins.plugins_disabled", new String[]{
      "Adobe Flash Player", "Chrome PDF Viewer"});
  
  ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
  options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", preferences);
  
  DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome();
  capabilities.setCapability(CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
  capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
  driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);