Python: 3.9.9
Selenium: 4.1.5
Edge: 101.0.1210.39 (X64)
driver link
I am trying to automate downloading excel file from a website, but due to Edge's default setting of open office files in browser
set to True
, on pressing download button with selenium it redirects to Edge file viewer instead of downloading it.
Since I want to automate the process I don't want to manually go to settings and disable it every time.
Any work arounds will be appreciated too...
Thank you!
This is what worked for me:
from pathlib import Path
from selenium import webdriver
if Path('..\msedgedriver.exe').exists():
driver = webdriver.Edge('..\msedgedriver.exe')
# Settings
driver.get('edge://settings/downloads')
toggle = driver.execute_script('''
return document.querySelector(' input[aria-label="Open Office files in
the browser"]');
''')
toggle.click()
# continue...
similarly you can change any setting as per required.