Can someone please provide code on how to do it in Selenium java that would help us do this?

we have tried the following code but is not working : 

Code 1 ::
	Map<String, Object> commandMap = new HashMap<>();
	String downloadLocation = “<download-location>”;
	commandMap.put("behavior", "allow");
	commandMap.put("downloadPath", downloadLocation);
	Command cmd = new Command(((ChromeDriver) driver).getSessionId(), "Browser.setDownloadBehavior",
									commandMap);
	((ChromeDriver) driver).getCommandExecutor().execute(cmd);

Exception Occurred : 
	Exception:
		org.openqa.selenium.UnsupportedCommandException: Browser.setDownloadBehavior
		Build info: version: '3.7.1', revision: '8a0099a', time: '2017-11-06T21:01:39.354Z'
		System info: host: 'INIDC-KULKAO11', ip: '192.168.56.1', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_131'
		Driver info: driver.version: unknown

Code 1 ::
	Map<String, Object> commandMap = new HashMap<>();
	String downloadLocation = “<download-location>”;
	commandMap.put("behavior", "allow");
	commandMap.put("downloadPath", downloadLocation);
	Command cmd = new Command(((ChromeDriver) driver).getSessionId(), "Page.setDownloadBehavior",
									commandMap);
	((ChromeDriver) driver).getCommandExecutor().execute(cmd);

Exception Occurred : 
	Exception:
		org.openqa.selenium.UnsupportedCommandException: Page.setDownloadBehavior
		Build info: version: '3.7.1', revision: '8a0099a', time: '2017-11-06T21:01:39.354Z'
		System info: host: 'INIDC-KULKAO11', ip: '192.168.56.1', os.name: 'Windows 7', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '6.1', java.version: '1.8.0_131'
		Driver info: driver.version: unknown


Also, when tried with the 'send_command' that too was not working.

While going through the ChromeDriverCommandExecutor code, we couldn't find any way to add support for new commands. And currently the only custom command support provided in it is LAUNCH_APP.

Can someone please help us on how best we can perform this? Or the change would have to come in the Chrome's Command Executor only.

Thanks In Adv. 
Need help urgently.

Anyone got a sample for C# ?

Thanks in advance

Hi Team

Please find below a hack that i have used in Java to achieve this functionality. 

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static void sendCommandForDownloadChromeHeadLess(HttpCommandExecutor driverCommandExecutor,SessionId sessionId,String downloadPath) {
		Json json = new Json();
		Map<String, Object> paramsMap = new HashMap<>();
		paramsMap.put("cmd", "Page.setDownloadBehavior");
		Map<String,String> cmdParamsMap = new HashMap<>();
		cmdParamsMap.put("behavior", "allow");
		cmdParamsMap.put("downloadPath", downloadPath);
		paramsMap.put("params", cmdParamsMap);
		String content = json.toJson(paramsMap);
		log.debug("The request content is :: {}" ,content);
		URL remoteServerUri = null;
		try {
			Field field = HttpCommandExecutor.class.getDeclaredField("remoteServer");
			field.setAccessible(true);
			remoteServerUri = (URL) field.get(driverCommandExecutor);
		}catch (Exception e) {
			log.debug("The HttpCommandExecutor has been modified please check with the framework team",e);
			log.error("This will cause all the file validations to fail");
			return;
		}
		CloseableHttpClient httpclient = null;
		try {
			httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();
			URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder(remoteServerUri.toURI());
			builder.setPath("session/"+sessionId.toString()+"/chromium/send_command");
			HttpPost sendCommandPost = new HttpPost(builder.build());
			sendCommandPost.setHeader("Content-Type", ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON.getMimeType());
			StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(content, ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON);
			sendCommandPost.setEntity(entity);
			CloseableHttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(sendCommandPost);
			int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
			log.debug("The Response Status code is {}",statusCode);
			if(statusCode <= 200 && statusCode >= 300) {
				log.debug("Un-Successfull status code received");
			}
		}catch (IOException e) {
			log.error("Error Occured while enabling download file setting for chrome headless mode");
			log.error("This will cause all the file validations to fail",e);
		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
			log.debug("this should never ever occur");
		}finally {
			if(httpclient != null) {
				try {
					httpclient.close();
				} catch (IOException e) {
					log.warn("Error Occured while closing the http client",e);
				}
			}
		}
		
	}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please note, that this is not the best of the ways to do this. We can definitely do this in a better manner. Once I have figured out that, will try to post that code over here.
Disclaimer : I think This will only work while using chrome headless in standalone mode and will not work with Selenium Grid. 

Thanks to everyone who have provided information for this in other programming languages. Used their code for ref.

For people who are searching for a Solution for C#. A very elegant solution has been provided by Cezary Piątek in his Tellurium framework. 
GitHub link to framework : https://github.com/cezarypiatek/Tellurium

Please refer to the class : Tellurium.MvcPages.SeleniumUtils.ChromeRemoteInterface.ChromeRemoteInterface

https://github.com/cezarypiatek/Tellurium/blob/master/Src/MvcPages/SeleniumUtils/ChromeRemoteInterface/ChromeRemoteInterface.cs

This class has the required implementation.

we can use the last solution(using Tellurium) only for Core projects ? 
How we can use it .NET Framework 4.6 ? 
Anyone got a demo for C# ?
Thanks.

Hi. How can we download file from headless chrome using selenium java. Is there any capabilities added recently to chrome to attain this functionality? Do we have JSON string to add those capabilities to selenium Webdriver. Kindly advise.

How can Page.setDownloadBehavior be set in java selenium? Thank you.

I am running into an issue with the JAVA implementation. No matter what, if I attempt to download a file headless no other code will execute after that step as it closes the driver immediately. The error "chrome not reachable." In some cases the driver is closed before the file has even finished downloading. Any help or suggestions? 

Hi Nick,

Did you try adding wait time until download is complete? Can you share me the code you are trying out, I can try.

Thanks 

Hi Ankit,

What jar file is needed for Json json = new Json();code? I am not able to find an object with Json. Can you please advise. It is very critical.

Thanks a lot

We have used the following class :

org.openqa.selenium.json.Json

Hi Ankit,

I have imported selenium-java-2.41.0 jar but not able to find org.openqa.selenium.json.Json. What is the jar that was used for this import?

I have added a wait. The odd thing is, I can download files from other sites. However, what I am attempting to do is click a button which uses gets/post to generate a pdf, which is then downloaded.

I had to import selenium-java.3.7.1 to locate the org.openqa.selenium.json.Json class. 

Also, I just noticed that the content type I am trying to retrieve is Application/pdf and  Application/csv. Not sure if that helps.

i'm having the same issue as you nick. i'm using python implementation recommended in Comment 86. 

In my case the desired behavior is that clicking the download button opens a new tab and then the file downloads in that tab and then the tab closes. In headless mode I click download but nothing happens. Regular mode works fine. Here's my config:

            chrome_options = Options()
            if HEADLESS:
                chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
                chrome_options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
                chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
                chrome_options.add_argument('--disable-popup-blocking')
                chrome_options.add_argument('--window-size=1440,900')
            else:
                chrome_options.add_argument("--kiosk")
            prefs = {
                'download.default_directory': DOWNLOAD_PATH,
                'download.prompt_for_download': False,
                'download.directory_upgrade': True,
                'safebrowsing.enabled': False,
                'safebrowsing.disable_download_protection': True}
            chrome_options.add_experimental_option('prefs', prefs)
            driver = webdriver.Chrome(
                chrome_options=chrome_options, executable_path=DRIVER_PATH)
            if HEADLESS:
                driver.set_window_size(1440, 900)
                enable_download_in_headless_chrome(driver, DOWNLOAD_PATH) # from comment 86 above

Hi all. How can Page.setDownloadBehavior be set in webdriver io? Thank you.

Status update: the download behavior flag lets you save downloads in headless mode, but we're still looking at adding download notification at the DevTools level.

Hi All. How to configure download behavior flag in web driver java?

Thanks

#110: See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromedriver/issues/detail?id=1973.

so the setDownloadBehavior works, but when its turned on, I don't get any network requests/responses for the url chrome headless downloads. Is anybody seeing the same behaviour?

#112: Right, currently downloads aren't seen by the network interception layer. We discussed adding them there as one potential solution here.

Hi,

Can anybody help with setDownloadBehavior ? what is the exact code line in java to attain this functionality. Can this be added in chromeOptions under args and prefs?

Thanks

You can find examples of this on Stack Overflow, e.g., https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45631715/downloading-with-chrome-headless-and-selenium/45668964

How can I apply it using robot framework please?

i have this code:

Create Chrome Browser
    [Arguments]    ${link_to_open}
    ${chrome_options}=    Evaluate    sys.modules['selenium.webdriver'].ChromeOptions()    sys, selenium.webdriver
    ${prefs}=    Create Dictionary    download.default_directory=${DOWNLOADS_DIR}
   Call Method    ${chrome options}    add_argument    headless 
   Call Method    ${chrome options}    add_argument    disable-gpu
  Selenium2Library.Go To    ${link_to_open}

Shawn and Stewart, in case you and/or other people need to know, that python workaround and possibly all the other workarounds need to be run on a per tab/window basis.

Can someone post workaround code for java ?

Did you try method in comment #93?
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=696481#c93

Yes I tried that but I get the below error.How to fix this ?
[1517577658.639][SEVERE]: Unable to receive message from renderer

ChromeDriverService driverService = ChromeDriverService.createDefaultService();

	       ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(driverService, options);

	       Map<String, Object> commandParams = new HashMap<>();
	       commandParams.put("cmd", "Page.setDownloadBehavior");

	       Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
	       params.put("behavior", "allow");
	       params.put("downloadPath", downloadFilepath);
	       commandParams.put("params", params);

	       ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
	       HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();

	       String command = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(commandParams);

	       String u = driverService.getUrl().toString() + "/session/" + driver.getSessionId() + "/chromium/send_command";

	       HttpPost request = new HttpPost(u);
	       request.addHeader("content-type", "application/json");
	       request.setEntity(new StringEntity(command));
	       httpClient.execute(request);

I tried this code but I'm not able to save that file to a directory 

How we can use it .NET Framework 4.5 ? 
Anyone got a demo for C# ?

 Download in headless mode works fine for me in windows. However, it does not work in Linux. Did anybody made it work in Linux?
The code which works in windows is as shown below: 

Launch Headless Chrome
    Create Download Directory
    ${chrome options}=    Evaluate    sys.modules['selenium.webdriver'].ChromeOptions()    sys, selenium.webdriver
    Call Method    ${chrome options}    add_argument    start-maximized
    Call Method    ${chrome_options}    add_argument    --headless
    Call Method    ${chrome_options}    add_argument    --disable-gpu
    Call Method    ${chrome_options}    add_argument    --window-size\=1920,1080
    Call Method    ${chrome_options}    add_argument    --lang\=en-us
    Call Method    ${chrome_options}    add_argument    --no-sandbox
    ${prefs}       Create Dictionary    download.default_directory=${download directory}    download.prompt_for_download=false   
    Call Method    ${chrome options}    add_experimental_option    prefs    ${prefs}
    Create Webdriver    Chrome    chrome_options=${chrome options}
    Enable Download In Headless Chrome    ${download directory}
    Go To   about:blank

Below is the code used to enable download behavior and setting the download directory for chrome headless.

def enable_download_in_headless_chrome(download_dir):
logger.info('Getting SeleniumLibrary Instance')
instance = BuiltIn().get_library_instance('SeleniumLibrary')
driver = instance.driver
# add missing support for chrome "send_command"  to selenium webdriver
driver.command_executor._commands["send_command"] = ("POST", '/session/$sessionId/chromium/send_command')

params = {'cmd': 'Page.setDownloadBehavior', 'params': {'behavior': 'allow', 'downloadPath': download_dir}}
command_result = driver.execute("send_command", params)
logger.info("response from browser:")
for key in command_result:
    logger.info("result:" + key + ":" + str(command_result[key]))

There are Python and Java samples here
Anyone got a sample for C# ?
Thanks in advance

The python samples given here does not work on Linux for me. My code works fine in windows. I have no clue on why it's not working in Linux.

Anyone able to figure how can we achieve this in java ? Thanks in advance

Anyone got an example for C# ?
Thanks in advance

Hi guys, Any kind of c# dev to handle with this issue??

I´m facing this issue after chrome update. I can´t download files in chrome headless mode.

Thanks in advance
 

Hi guys! Does anyone have sample of this workaround on JavaScript? How could it be used with protractor?

Hi guys, who can help me

I have an automation process created with java selenium-webdriver, chromedriver and work with eclipse. The point is that by doing the process with headless and disable gpu I get that the download is correct but it does not appear in the directory and instead if the headless option and gpu if it appears in the directory. Attached the code below and if there is someone who knows how to do it and can help me, I will be grateful, thanks.

PROCESS:

System.setProperty ("webdriver.chrome.driver", "C: \\ Users \\ Dani \\ Desktop \\ driver \\ chromedriver.exe");
    String downloadFilepath = "C: \\ Users \\ Dani \\ Documents \\ BILLS"; // directory download
    HashMap <String, Object> prefs = new HashMap <String, Object> ();
        //prefs.put("profile.default_content_setting_values.automatic_downloads ", 1);
        prefs.put ("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0);
        prefs.put ("download.prompt_for_download", false);
        //prefs.put("download.directory_upgrade ", true);
    prefs.put ("download.default_directory", downloadFilepath);
    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions ();
        options.addArguments ("- headless");
        options.addArguments ("--disable-gpu");
        options.addArguments ("- window-size = 1920,1200");
        options.addArguments ("--disable-infobars");
        options.addArguments ("--disable-notifications");
        options.setExperimentalOption ("prefs", prefs);
    DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities ();
        cap.setCapability (CapabilityType.ACCEPT_SSL_CERTS, true);
        cap.setCapability (ChromeOptions.CAPABILITY, options);
    WebDriver driver = new ChromeDriver (options);
    driver.manage (). timeouts (). implicitlyWait (20, TimeUnit.SECONDS); // indicate seconds between actions
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I would also love to know if anyone has got this working with protractor

Whats the problem to download file in headless mode and what solution is current run in?

Currently, if a download is being started in a new window via target _blank link or window.open, it's not being saved. Any solution for this?

Our app uses a new tab for downloads and the standard solutions does not work for us either since it only effects the current page.  My theoretical approach is to register for the Target.targetCreated event and apply the Page.setDownloadBehavior command to the new page.  The only problem is I have no idea how to do this via chromedriver.

Javascript solution currently working with:

webdriverio 4.12.0
selenium-standalone 6.13.0
chromedriver 2.36
chrome 65.0.3325.162

on Ubuntu server 16.04.4. It allowes headless chrome session to download file:

const unirest = require('unirest');

let session = browser.session();
// key sessionId is webdriverio implementation, debug your session object
let sessionId = session['sessionId'];
let params = {
    'cmd': 'Page.setDownloadBehavior', 
    'params': {'behavior': 'allow', 'downloadPath': 'absolutePath' }};

unirest
        .post('http://localhost:4444/wd/hub/session/' + sessionId + '/chromium/send_command')
        .send(JSON.stringify(params))
        .end();

It is based on the answer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48831273/protractor-file-download-test-fails-when-headless-chrome.

For those who were asking for a C# .net solution:

var workingDir = "C:\\WorkingFolder";
var opts = new ChromeOptions();

opts.AddArguments("--headless");

var driverService = ChromeDriverService.CreateDefaultService(workingDir);
var driver = new ChromeDriver(driverService, opts);


// Allow download in headless mode
var param = new Dictionary<string, string>();
param.Add("behavior", "allow");
param.Add("downloadPath", workingDir);

var cmdParam = new Dictionary<string, object>();
cmdParam.Add("cmd", "Page.setDownloadBehavior");
cmdParam.Add("params", param);

var content = new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(cmdParam), Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

var url = driverService.ServiceUrl + "session/" + driver.SessionId + "/chromium/send_command";
var httpClient = new HttpClient();
await httpClient.PostAsync(url, content);

I am facing a similar issue and my code base is Java. When I try to download a file in chrome using headless mode, the download does not happen. But the download works when the chrome is open. Please help me with a code snippet to assist on this problem

    In Java use following code :

System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver");
             ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
                    options.addArguments("--test-type");
                    options.addArguments("--headless");
                    options.addArguments("--disable-extensions"); //to disable browser extension popup
    
                    ChromeDriverService driverService = ChromeDriverService.createDefaultService();
                    ChromeDriver driver = new ChromeDriver(driverService, options);
    
                    Map<String, Object> commandParams = new HashMap<>();
                    commandParams.put("cmd", "Page.setDownloadBehavior");
                    Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<>();
                    params.put("behavior", "allow");
                    params.put("downloadPath", "//home//vaibhav//Desktop");
                    commandParams.put("params", params);
                    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
                    HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
                    String command = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(commandParams);
                    String u = driverService.getUrl().toString() + "/session/" + driver.getSessionId() + "/chromium/send_command";
                    HttpPost request = new HttpPost(u);
                    request.addHeader("content-type", "application/json");
                    request.setEntity(new StringEntity(command));
                    httpClient.execute(request);
            driver.get("http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/");
            driver.findElement(By.linkText("32 bit Windows IE")).click();

Can someone tell me if he could download with headless in java with chromedriver?
Thanks

It doesnt work for me in headless mode. 
@Daniel does it work for you ?

Guys, help me please. I still get response from browser:
result:status:0
result:sessionId:6d06f404b019eedcf01d430a0515e94e
result:value:None
with chrome 66 and chromedriver 2.37. This is my Python code:

                def enable_download_in_headless_mode(self, browser, download_directory):
                    browser.command_executor._commands["send_command"] = ("POST", '/session/$sessionId/chromium/send_command')
                    params = {'cmd': 'Page.setDownloadBehavior', 'params': {'behavior': 'allow', 'downloadPath': download_directory}}
                    command_result = browser.execute("send_command", params)
                    print("response from browser:")
                    for key in command_result:
                        print("result:" + key + ":" + str(command_result[key]))

                opts.add_argument("--disable-popup-blocking")
                opts.add_argument("--ignore-certificate-errors")
                opts.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
                opts.add_argument("--headless")
                opts.add_argument('--disable-gpu')
                opts.add_argument('--disable-popup-blocking')
                self.logger.info("WebDriverChrome")
                self.download_location = os.path.join(Config.Environment().path, Config.Environment().get_attr(
                    "component") + '/reports')
                prefs = {'download.default_directory': self.download_location,
                         'download.prompt_for_download': False,
                         'download.directory_upgrade': True,
                         'safebrowsing.enabled': False,
                         'safebrowsing.disable_download_protection': True}
                opts.add_experimental_option("prefs", prefs)

                self.driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=opts, desired_capabilities=d)
                self.enable_download_in_headless_mode(browser=self.driver, download_directory=self.download_location)
                self.driver.set_window_size(width=1920, height=1295)
                self.logger.info("WebDriverChrome - Done")

Sorry @ a...@view26.com  no works for me and i have not found the solution yet.
I have tried the @osvaib code but not works and fails.
I have searched the internet but I do not find it. I do not know if anyone will have any.

Who can help us @view,@dani please?

thanks

import * as got from 'got';

async onPrepare() {
        await got.post(
            `${(await browser.getProcessedConfig()).seleniumAddress}/session/${(await browser.getSession())['id_']}/chromium/send_command`,
            {
                body: JSON.stringify({
                    cmd: 'Page.setDownloadBehavior',
                    params: { behavior: 'allow', downloadPath: downloadsPath },
                }),
            },
        );
}

Protractor solution:
import * as got from 'got';

async onPrepare() {
        await got.post(
            `${(await browser.getProcessedConfig()).seleniumAddress}/session/${(await browser.getSession())['id_']}/chromium/send_command`,
            {
                body: JSON.stringify({
                    cmd: 'Page.setDownloadBehavior',
                    params: { behavior: 'allow', downloadPath: downloadsPath },
                }),
            },
        );
}

Have the same issue on Linux. Python samples given here do not work on Linux for me. Did anybody made it work on Linux?

@osvaib
hi guys，i use your code,it can download files from some url ,but some url download not work。
i use tencent legu to reinforce my apk,and download the reinforced apk, and the code you post can not work。
and if i disable headless mode,it can download frome tencent,but once the downloading completes,the chrome is closed, 
and so the codes below downloading to operate chrome will case exception,
however, download from other URL chrome does not closed when downloading completes。
looking forward to your reply!

Everybody who has problems with downloads not being saved in headless:
Check if a download is being started in a new tab (via target _blank link or window.open) — most likely it's the reason why it doesn't work for you.

This is the issue of current implementation which supports download behavior setting only for the current tab. Waiting for the solution from the devs.

@Comment 154

This is correct. However, the "command" can be run on a new tab in most cases and then a refresh will trigger the download.

For example, my function is here:

def headless_download_enable(download_dir):
	browser.execute_script("var x = document.getElementsByTagName('a'); var i; for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { x[i].target = '_self'; }")
	browser.command_executor._commands["send_command"] = ("POST", '/session/$sessionId/chromium/send_command')
	params = {'cmd': 'Page.setDownloadBehavior', 'params': {'behavior': 'allow', 'downloadPath': download_dir}}
	browser.execute("send_command", params)

This function is triggered on each new page load. The first execute command uses javascript to force all targets on the page to _self, this works for most of my use cases and allows headless downloading to proceed unimpeded. However, I ran into a javascript pop-up today. For that, I trigger the pop-up with a click, switch to the new tab, run the fix and then run driver.refresh() which then allows the download to proceed.

Hope this helps anyone stuck.

Dear devs, can we expect the bug to be fixed soon?

Is there any workaround for protractor till the bug is fixed?

@151: This solution does not seem to work.

@159: see my solution above

@159 my solution will work with async/await 

@magdich....@gmail.com :
I added this in my config file inside onPrepare() with async/await.But I still dont see download happening onclick.Please see the config below
var downloadsPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '\DataDownload')
var specsToRun = process.env.specsToRun || [
    'tests/comp.js'];
exports.config = {  
    framework: 'jasmine2',
    allScriptsTimeout: 600000,
    getPageTimeout: 600000,
    specs: specsToRun,
    capabilities: {
        shardTestFiles: true,
        maxInstances: 1,
        'directConnect': true,
        'browserName': 'chrome',
        'platform': 'ANY',
        'version': 'ANY',
        SELENIUM_PROMISE_MANAGER: false,
        'chromeOptions': {
            args: ["--headless", '--disable-gpu', "--disable-dev-shm-usage", "--window-size=800x600",'--enable-logging', '--remote-debuging-port=9222'],
            prefs: {
                'download': {
                    'prompt_for_download': false,
                    'default_directory': downloadsPath,
                    'directory_upgrade': true                   
            }
        }
    }    
},

onPrepare:function () {       
        browser.driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(1000);
        browser.manage().window().maximize();
        global.presenceOf = protractor.ExpectedConditions.presenceOf;
        global.EC = protractor.ExpectedConditions;     

        global.isAngularSite = function (flag) {
            browserinstance.ignoreSynchronization = !flag;
        };        
       
        async function getprep(){
            await got.post(
            `${(await browser.getProcessedConfig()).seleniumAddress}/session/${(await browser.getSession())['id_']}/chromium/send_command`,
            {
                body: JSON.stringify({
                    cmd: 'Page.setDownloadBehavior',
                    params: { behavior: 'allow', downloadPath: downloadsPath },
                }),
            },
        );
    }
    }

Any idea when it will be solved

Please fix this issue, it is very important bug......

rashdha...@gmail.com
It seems that you are avoiding Selenium by using 'directConnect': true, configuration

try it with Selenium server

I tried with selenium server setting direct connect set to 'true'.I faced the same issue

Hi,
I've tried this using all of the java options posted with no luck.  Would be great to have this addressed soon.  Giving an option in the standard options to enable or disable downloads seems more sensible than turning it off.  In my case the software I am looking to test sends the downloads through asynchronously with no URL provided.

any solution for protractor and directConnect set to true?

I can confirm https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=696481#c80. Thanks!!!

---

I adjusted the code for @angular v6.1.0 | @angular/cli v6.2.3 | protractor v5.4.0.

`protractor.conf.js` *only* needs:

// works for headless and "normal" mode
browser.driver.sendChromiumCommand('Page.setDownloadBehavior', {
    'behavior': 'allow',
    'downloadPath': DOWNLOAD_DIR
});

---

In comparison the following configuration (a collection of some comments here) DIDN'T WORK for us (our previous slightly different config got broken after I updated all of our dependencies due to angular4 to angular6 upgrade):

const chromeOptions = {
    prefs: {
        browser: {
            set_download_behavior: { behavior: 'allow' }
        },
        download: {
            directory_upgrade: true,
            prompt_for_download: false,
            default_directory: DOWNLOAD_DIR
        }
    },
    args: [
        'disable-popup-blocking'
    ]
}; 

hi nathangi...@gmail.com 
unfortunately the code you gave for c# doesn't work for me :(. 
I see errors around PostAsync (unable to pass 2 parameters to PostSync). Explored around PostSync and couldn't figure out the solution to use the line 
async httpClient.PostAsync(url, content) 
  
could you please help me get through this? 

Any workable solution for c# by any one is really helpful. The download file code works fine with a chrome browser but not with headless-chrome? Please help. Thank you 
   

Is there any wiki covering this issue?

El vie., 12 oct. 2018 a las 7:16, mythily1… via monorail (<
monorail+v2.3899302124@chromium.org>) escribió:

I had the exact same issue with Nightwatch and Chromedriver and finally figured out a way to download files in headless mode. 

Chrome remote interface was the answer to my issues. Keep in mind that remote debugging flag has to be enabled ('--remote-debugging-port=9222') and you have to connect at a point where Chrome has already started.

const CDP = require('chrome-remote-interface');

// Inside your test
client.perform(function (client, done) {
  CDP({port: 9222}).then(protocol => {
    protocol.send('Page.setDownloadBehavior', {
      behavior: 'allow', 
      downloadPath: '/tmp'
    }).then(() => {
      done();
    });
  });
});

The issue returned with Chrome v.71

trick:

browser.driver.sendChromiumCommand('Page.setDownloadBehavior', {
    'behavior': 'allow',
    'downloadPath': DOWNLOAD_DIR
});

does not work in Protractor 5.4.1 anymore

The solution provided in comment#93 works well for me. Thanks @ankit for sharing this. This saves me a lot. The only thing is the arguments to pass to this function should get like this...
RemoteWebDriver driver = (RemoteWebDriver)driver;
    sendCommandForDownloadChromeHeadLess((HttpCommandExecutor)driver.getCommandExecutor(),driver.getSessionId(), "c:\\Users\\anji\\Downloads"));

As per Comment 181, I have noticed the same issue, the trick to download the files in headless mode, stopped working 2 days ago, exactly when Chrome v71 was released.

I confirm after Chrome v71 update attempt to download file crashes chrome browser. Error: Chrome not reachable

The solution stopped working in Chrome v71, but is still working in beta v72.

Upgrading Chrome stable v71 to beta version 72 solved the issue!

I also tried but seems as in v73 again it has stopped..pls help

this error also blocks testing in chrome
if tests are not run in headless mode, then the tests are not stable, and virtual desktops do not work with chrome> 70
we can not use docker we need to test also in IE and we use windows
please help
Chrome v71 + download file = Error: Chrome not reachable