Download PDF file while using Webdriver

[RohanM]

 

Hello,

can I use _WinINet_GetUrlCacheEntryInfoEx function to download files while using Webdriver, this was working when use IE browser and I have switiched to Edge browser using Web driver, now its not happening, can anyone fix this or suggest best way to download files to customized folder  

 

$aUrlPs = 'https://ViewDocData?gdcustorgid=AT5672TDMLTCBGXFZ3W5XVEXTM&archid=IE6DEDFNKDZXSPRJ4V35JEQ4LE'
    _WD_Navigate($Session, $aUrlPs)
    _WD_LoadWait($Session, 500)

    $sPO = 'D6KO40A'

    $iPdf = @ScriptDir & '\' & $sPO & '.pdf'

    Sleep(2000)
    Local $j = 0
    While 1
        Local $HttPArray = _WinINet_GetUrlCacheEntryInfoEx($aUrlPs)

        If Not @error Then
            Local $fPDF = StringStripWS($HttPArray[2], 3)
            If StringInStr($fPDF, '.pdf') > 0 And FileExists($fPDF) = 1 Then
                FileCopy($fPDF, $iPdf, 1)
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        Else
            Sleep(500)
            $j = $j + 1
        EndIft

        If $j = 20 Then
            $iErrorNote = 'DO Issued | Unable to download.'
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    WEnd
 

[Danp2]

Have you tried _WD_DownloadFile?

[mLipok]

1 hour ago, RohanM said:

$aUrlPs = 'https://ViewDocData?gdcustorgid=AT5672TDMLTCBGXFZ3W5XVEXTM&archid=IE6DEDFNKDZXSPRJ4V35JEQ4LE'
    _WD_Navigate($Session, $aUrlPs)
    _WD_LoadWait($Session, 500)

When run only this small part of the script, is it starting to download file ?

 

Edited March 3, 2023 by mLipok

[RohanM]

Hi @Danp2 yes I have used _WD_DownoadFile function but its not getting download full file if I download the file manually file size is 35KB but using function file size is 30KB and downloaded file not able to open.

  

$aUrlPs = 'https://network.infornexus.com/servlet/GDCViewDocData?gdcustorgid=AT5672TDMLTCBGXFZ3W5XVEXTM&archid=HFZOM5JQYGR7XUPDB6PTJMXDZU'

$sPO = 'D6KO40A'

$iPdf = @ScriptDir & '\' & $sPO & '.pdf'

_WD_DownloadFile($aUrlPs, $iPdf, 0)

 

[RohanM]

Hi @mLipok

yes, if execute below lines, the PDF document will be open in the Edge browser, but it will not start automatically download option. 

$aUrlPs = 'https://ViewDocData?gdcustorgid=AT5672TDMLTCBGXFZ3W5XVEXTM&archid=IE6DEDFNKDZXSPRJ4V35JEQ4LE'
    _WD_Navigate($Session, $aUrlPs)
    _WD_LoadWait($Session, 500)

 

[mLipok]

3 hours ago, RohanM said:

yes, if execute below lines, the PDF document will be open in the Edge browser, but it will not start automatically download option. 

this is kind of settings, maybe in Capabilities will take a look if I have hit the problem before let me check.....

Edited March 6, 2023 by mLipok

[Cyborg5000]

As a basic try this

 

Func DownloadPDFFile($fileURL, $downloadPath)
    ; Start the WebDriver session
    Local $sDriverPath = "C:\webdriver\chromedriver.exe" ; replace with your webdriver path
    _WD_Startup()
    Local $sSession = _WD_CreateSession("chrome", $WD_FLAG_LOCAL)

    ; Navigate to the file download URL
    _WD_Navigate($sSession, $fileURL)

    ; Wait for the file to download
    Local $bDownloaded = False
    Local $iTimeout = 30
    While $iTimeout > 0 And Not $bDownloaded
        Sleep(1000)
        $iTimeout -= 1
        If _FileCountLines($downloadPath & "\filename.pdf") > 0 Then
            $bDownloaded = True
        EndIf
    WEnd

    ; Quit the WebDriver session
    _WD_Close($sSession)
    _WD_Shutdown()

    ; Return the downloaded file path
    Return $downloadPath & "\filename.pdf"
EndFunc

 

[mLipok]

16 minutes ago, Cyborg5000 said:

_WD_CreateSession("chrome", $WD_FLAG_LOCAL)

Did you test it ? As far as I know it will fail.

[mLipok]

33 minutes ago, mLipok said:

this is kind of settings, maybe in Capabilities will take a look if I have hit the problem before let me check.....

@RohanM try my settings:

_WD_CapabilitiesAdd('firstMatch', 'chrome')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('browserName', 'chrome')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('w3c', True)
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', 'user-agent', 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win' & StringReplace(@OSArch, 'X', '') & '; ' & @CPUArch & ') AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/' & _WD_GetBrowserVersion('chrome') & ' Safari/537.36')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', 'user-data-dir', $s_Browser_Profile_Dir)
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', '--profile-directory', Default)
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', 'start-maximized')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', 'disable-infobars')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', '--no-sandbox')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', '--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', '--disable-web-security')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', '--allow-running-insecure-content') ; https://stackoverflow.com/a/60409220
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', '--ignore-certificate-errors') ; https://stackoverflow.com/a/60409220
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('args', '--guest')

        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', 'credentials_enable_service', False) ; https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/191990-webdriver-udf-w3c-compliant-version-12272021/?do=findComment&comment=1464829
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', 'download.default_directory', $s_Download_dir)

        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('excludeSwitches', 'disable-popup-blocking') ; https://help.applitools.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007189411--Chrome-is-being-controlled-by-automated-test-software-notification
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('excludeSwitches', 'enable-automation')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('excludeSwitches', 'enable-logging')
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('excludeSwitches', 'load-extension')

 

Edited March 6, 2023 by mLipok

[RohanM]

Hi @mLipok

I am not sure that I am doing right here, but after Navigating the URL I have call the _WD_DownloadFile with same URL and it did the trick for me.

 

    $DocUrlPdf = 'https://net.info.com/' & StringReplace($artHis[1], 'amp;', '')
    _WD_Navigate($Session, $DocUrlPdf)
    _WD_LoadWait($Session, 500)

    $iPdf = @ScriptDir & '\DownloadFiles\' & $sPO & '.pdf'

  _WD_DownloadFile($DocUrlPdf, $iPdf, 0)

[mLipok]

22 minutes ago, RohanM said:

after Navigating the URL I have call the _WD_DownloadFile with same URL and it did the trick for me.

good for you

 

[mLipok]

here:
https://scripteverything.com/download-pdf-selenium-python/

I found this:

Quote

from selenium.webdriver import Chrome, ChromeOptions

options = ChromeOptions()
chrome_prefs = {
    "download.prompt_for_download": False,
    "plugins.always_open_pdf_externally": True,
    "download.open_pdf_in_system_reader": False,
    "profile.default_content_settings.popups": 0,
}
options.add_experimental_option("prefs", chrome_prefs)

I think that we can do the same

[mLipok]

3 hours ago, mLipok said:

here:
https://scripteverything.com/download-pdf-selenium-python/

I found this:

I think that we can do the same

@RohanM Just try this:

#Region - downloading files
        ; https://scripteverything.com/download-pdf-selenium-python/
        ; https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/209816-download-pdf-file-while-using-webdriver/?do=findComment&comment=1514582
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', 'download.prompt_for_download', False)
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', 'download.open_pdf_in_system_reader', False)
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', 'plugins.always_open_pdf_externally', True)
        _WD_CapabilitiesAdd('prefs', 'profile.default_content_settings.popups', 0)
        #EndRegion - downloading files

 

Edited March 6, 2023 by mLipok