Quick Tips on ChromeDriver - Part 1

To Change the default download directory in chrome using WebDriver Java Bindings and ChromeDriver.

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ChromeOptions options=new ChromeOptions(); DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome(); Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>(); prefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0); prefs.put("download.default_directory", "D:\\downloads"); prefs.put("savefile.default_directory", "D:\\downloads"); options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs); capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options); WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);

To Use a custom profile in ChromeDriver which can be utilized for many use cases:

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ChromeOptions options=new ChromeOptions(); DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.chrome(); chromeoptions.addArguments("user-data-dir="+chromeprofilepath); capabilities.setCapability(ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options); WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(capabilities);