[Download] objects are dispatched by page via the [event: Page.download
] event.
All the downloaded files belonging to the browser context are deleted when the browser context is closed. All downloaded files are deleted when the browser closes.
Download event is emitted once the download starts. Download path becomes available once download completes:
const [ download ] = await Promise.all([
page.waitForEvent('download'), // wait for download to start
page.click('a')
]);
// wait for download to complete
const path = await download.path();
async with page.expect_download() as download_info:
await page.click("a")
download = await download_info.value
# waits for download to complete
path = await download.path()
with page.expect_download() as download_info:
page.click("a")
download = download_info.value
# wait for download to complete
path = download.path()
:::note
Browser context must be created with the [option: acceptDownloads
] set to true
when user needs access to the
downloaded content. If [option: acceptDownloads
] is not set, download events are emitted, but the actual download is
not performed and user has no access to the downloaded files.
:::
- langs: js
- returns: <[null]|[Readable]>
Returns readable stream for current download or null
if download failed.
Deletes the downloaded file.
- returns: <[null]|[string]>
Returns download error if any.
- returns: <[null]|[path]>
Returns path to the downloaded file in case of successful download.
Saves the download to a user-specified path.
path
<[path]>
Path where the download should be saved.
- returns: <[string]>
Returns suggested filename for this download. It is typically computed by the browser from the
Content-Disposition
response header
or the download
attribute. See the spec on whatwg. Different
browsers can use different logic for computing it.
- returns: <[string]>
Returns downloaded url.