<button  type="button"><span >Download CSV</span></button>

I am trying to click on the highlighted button 'Download CSV' having the above HTML code and save the csv file at some particular location, but I am not able to do so. The file is getting downloaded in Downloads folder.

My python code:

def scrape_data():
    DRIVER_PATH = r"C:\chrome\chromedriver.exe"
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(DRIVER_PATH)
    driver.get('Link to the dashboard')
    time.sleep(20)    
    buttons = driver.find_element(By.XPATH,"//button/span[text()='Download CSV']")
    time.sleep(5)
    driver.execute_script("arguments[0].click();", buttons)
    driver.quit()

So please suggest a way to search via the button text) and save the file to a particular location??

CodePudding user response：

To download the file on specific location you can try like blow.

from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options

options = Options()
options.add_experimental_option("prefs", {
  "download.default_directory": r"C:\Data_Files\output_files"
  })
s = Service('C:\\BrowserDrivers\\chromedriver.exe')
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=s, options=options)

CodePudding user response：

1. You should not use hardcoded sleeps like time.sleep(20). WebDriverWait expected_conditions should be used instead.
2. Adding a sleep between getting element and clicking it doesn't help in most cases.
3. Clicking element with JavaScript should be never used until you really have no alternative.
4. This should work in case the button you trying to click is inside the visible screen area and the locator is unique.

def scrape_data():
    DRIVER_PATH = r"C:\chrome\chromedriver.exe"
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(DRIVER_PATH)
    wait = WebDriverWait(driver, 30)
    driver.get('Link to the dashboard')
    wait.until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//button[contains(.,'Download CSV')]"))).click()