Chromium/Chrome headless - file download not working?

Question

I downloaded the latest version of chromium, to test out the headless feature.

When I run (as root, because I\'m still testing things):

./chrome --no         


        

Answer 1

The following code works in C# using ChromeDriver 2.46

    private ChromeDriver GetDriver()
    {
        var options = new ChromeOptions();

        options.AddArguments("headless");
        options.AddUserProfilePreference("download.prompt_for_download", "false");
        options.AddUserProfilePreference("download.directory_upgrade", "true");
        options.AddUserProfilePreference("download.prompt_for_download", "false");
        options.AddUserProfilePreference("safebrowsing.enabled", "false");
        options.AddUserProfilePreference("safebrowsing.disable_download_protection", "true");

        options.AddArguments("--disable-web-security");

        var curr = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
        options.AddUserProfilePreference("download.default_directory", curr);

        var driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
        Log.Info($"Started Chrome Driver with options: {options.ToJsonNoTypes()}");

        var param = new Dictionary<string, object>();
        param.Add("behavior", "allow");
        param.Add("downloadPath", curr);
        driver.ExecuteChromeCommand("Page.setDownloadBehavior", param);

        return driver;
    }