Have Dusk Download Files?

[carcinocron]

I have a site where clicking a button will download a CSV file (generated clientside, it's not a link). However, I can't get laravel dusk to download the file. I found SeleniumHQ/selenium#5159 but wasn't sure how to translate it into PHP or Laravel Dusk.

[carcinocron]

It looks like works if I don't run in --headless mode. How do you make downloads work in headless mode?

[staudenmeir]

This works with Chrome 65 and ChromeDriver 2.36:

$this->browse(function (Browser $browser) {
    $url = $browser->driver->getCommandExecutor()->getAddressOfRemoteServer();
    $uri = '/session/' . $browser->driver->getSessionID() . '/chromium/send_command';
    $body = [
        'cmd' => 'Page.setDownloadBehavior',
        'params' => ['behavior' => 'allow', 'downloadPath' => '/your/download/path']
    ];
    (new \GuzzleHttp\Client())->post($url . $uri, ['body' => json_encode($body)]);

    $browser->visit('/');
});

Replace /your/download/path with the actual path.

This example requires the guzzlehttp/guzzle package to execute the POST request.

There are other solutions without external dependencies:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5647461/how-do-i-send-a-post-request-with-php

[staudenmeir]

@InstanceOfMichael Does it work for you?

[chilio]

@staudenmeir you are right :)

[ankitjain2109]

Hi @staudenmeir , the code you gave is working fine when site directly download the file. But when the link to download file uses another tab it doesn't work. Is there any other possibility or param to define and download the file.

[carcinocron]

This worked, thanks!