Download location Selenium-webdriver Cucumber Chrome - ruby

Question

I'm using Cucumber with Ruby. When running tests in Chrome via Selenium-Webdriver, I'd like to alter the download location to the test folder instead of the users download folder.
My current chrome driver is set up like so:
Capybara.default_driver = :selenium
Capybara.register_driver :selenium do |app|
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, :browser => :chrome,
desired_capabilities: {
'chromeOptions' => {
'args' => %w{ window-size=1920,1080 }
}
}
)
end
What would I need to add there to change the download location please?

Answer 1

The download directory can be set with the download.default_directory preference:
require 'capybara'
require 'selenium-webdriver'
Capybara.register_driver :chrome do |app|
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app,
:browser => :chrome,
:desired_capabilities => Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.chrome(
'chromeOptions' => {
'args' => [ "--window-size=1920,1080" ],
'prefs' => {
'download.default_directory' => File.expand_path("C:\\Download"),
'download.prompt_for_download' => false,
'plugins.plugins_disabled' => ["Chrome PDF Viewer"]
}
}
)
)
end
session = Capybara::Session.new(:chrome)

Answer 2

I've run into this problem recently and was unable to get the previous answer to work due to my setup being different. I have the following setup:
test_helper.rb
ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = 'test'
require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
require 'rails/test_help'
require 'minitest/reporters'
MiniTest::Reporters.use!
class ActiveSupport::TestCase
# Setup all fixtures in test/fixtures/*.yml for all tests in alphabetical order.
fixtures :all
# Add more helper methods to be used by all tests here...
end
application_system_test_case.rb
require 'test_helper'
require 'capybara/rails'
require 'capybara/poltergeist'
require 'fileutils'
require 'selenium-webdriver'
class ApplicationSystemTestCase < ActionDispatch::SystemTestCase
#driven_by :poltergeist, options: { js_errors: false } #uncomment if you want to run headless
self.use_instantiated_fixtures = true
#downloads = File.expand_path(Rails.root + 'tmp/downloads')
driven_by :selenium, using: :chrome, screen_size: [1400, 1400], options: {prefs:{
'download.default_directory' => #downloads,
'download.prompt_for_download' => false,
'plugins.plugins_disabled' => ["Chrome PDF Viewer"]
} }
end
A typical test:
admin_page_test.rb
require 'application_system_test_case'
include ApplicationHelper
class AdminPageTest < ApplicationSystemTestCase
setup do
visit new_user_session_url
fill_in 'Email', with: 'whatever#whatever.com'
fill_in 'Password', with: 'password'
click_on 'commit'
assert_selector 'h1', text: 'Admin Status Board'
end
I looked everywhere for the correct way to pass the options in the class and finally stumbled on it through reading through the Capybara modules, and trial and error. I think I read almost a hundred posts in various places and none of them worked. Hopefully this helps someone who comes across it.

Answer 3

Since my Chrome driver is set up with options rather than capabilities, I ended up going this route:
Capybara.register_driver :selenium_chrome_headless do |app|
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.load_selenium
browser_options = ::Selenium::WebDriver::Chrome::Options.new.tap do |opts|
opts.args << "--headless"
end
browser_options.add_preference(:download, { prompt_for_download: false, default_directory: DOWNLOAD_PATH })
Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, browser: :chrome, options: browser_options)
end
As inspired by this gist