How to Download a Pdf File in Chrome Using Selenium Webdriver

Downloading a PDF using Selenium, Chrome and Python

You need to replace "plugins.plugins_disabled": ["Chrome PDF Viewer"]

With:

"plugins.always_open_pdf_externally": True

Hope this helps you!

selenium + java - how to download a pdf and save with a different name?

Currently while opening pdf in chrome we can see the download option but through selenium we cannot perform any actions on that download button. Here our goal is to download the pdf into desired location so we need to disable the pdf plugins before launching the driver. Please see the below code,

Required ChromOptions:

   ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
   HashMap<String, Object> chromeOptionsMap = new HashMap<String, Object>();
       chromeOptionsMap.put("plugins.plugins_disabled", new String[] { "Chrome PDF Viewer" });
       chromeOptionsMap.put("plugins.always_open_pdf_externally", true);
       chromeOptionsMap.put("download.default_directory", "C:\\Users\\Downloads\\test\\");
       options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", chromeOptionsMap);
       options.addArguments("--headless");
  

Accessing PDF:

driver = new ChromeDriver(options);
driver.manage().deleteAllCookies();
driver.get("C:\\Users\\Downloads\\Bill.pdf");

Explanation:

plugins.plugins_disabled --> Disables viewing pdf in chrome.

plugins.always_open_pdf_externally --> Downloads the pdf on launching the respective link or URI.

download.default_directory --> Default download location can be changed.

Using Selenium with Python in Chrome to click "download" button and download PDF

See the answer below:

import time
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium import webdriver

download_dir = "/Users/test/Documents/"

options = Options()
options.add_experimental_option('prefs',  {
    "download.default_directory": download_dir,
    "download.prompt_for_download": False,
    "download.directory_upgrade": True,
    "plugins.always_open_pdf_externally": True
    }
)
service = Service(ChromeDriverManager().install())
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=service, options=options)

driver.get('https://sec.report/Document/0001670254-20-001152/document_1.pdf')
time.sleep(3)
driver.quit()

I put the time.sleep in for some security in case the file takes a little longer to download. However, it is not necessary.

I also used the newer, Service and Options objects for Selenium.

The key to the code is the use of,

    "download.default_directory": download_dir,
    "download.prompt_for_download": False,
    "download.directory_upgrade": True,
    "plugins.always_open_pdf_externally": True

These allow for Chrome to download the PDF without prompt to the directory of your choice.

Downloading PDF on click with Selenium ChromeDriver in C# not working

Update: I finally found the solution, so I'm posting in case anyone else is encountering this problem.

The problem here has to do with the button to click the PDF being inside an iFrame(see the "disabled PDF viewer" image linked above). All the aforementioned ChromeOptions are correct, as is the code attempting to interact with the disabled PDF viewer. What's missing is this line:

_driver.SwitchTo().Frame("pdfFrame");

which would go in between the two lines listed above, resulting in 3 lines of code that look like this:

 _driver.SwitchTo().Window(_driver.WindowHandles[1]);
 _driver.SwitchTo().Frame("pdfFrame");
 _driver.FindElement(By.LinkText("Open")).Click();

After adding this, I'm able to interact with the Open button and my PDF downloads to my desired directory flawlessly.

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