Mastering Selenium WebDriver 3.0 - Second Edition

Downloading a file with the help of Selenium

After looking at our available options, we are going to go with the least complex solution and extend our existing code. In our scenario, HttpOnly cookies are not a problem because we don't use them, so we don't have to worry about any potential issues relating to them.

If you are planning on using this solution, you should first spike it out and check that you can mimic HttpOnly cookies successfully if you are using them. You don't want to write code that is not fit for purpose.

We don't need to change any of our existing code; instead we are going to write a new method that will take the connection we have already negotiated with the server and use it to complete the file download:

public File ...