Firefox alert when pdf is downloading

For those who are willing to learn by examples right away, here is a complete example of how to save PDF files automatically in Firefox using Selenium WebDriver. As Selenium itself doesn't interact with system-level dialogs, in order to download PDFs as part of the browser automation process, it requires the help from either additional frameworks or an approach that handles downloading automatically. Firefox's download manager preferences are controlled by some properties defined in about:config page, which can be set programmatically while instantiating FirefoxDriver using Selenium WebDriver.

In order to fix this issue, the actual MIME type has to be added into browser. With the release of Firefox I had to use all of the options listed in this answer plus one more: profile.

FirefoxDriver profile is marked as deprecated now. Since Firefox 81 you also have to clear preference browser. Otherwise file types no that list won't download without user interaction. Show 6 more comments. The way it currently works in Firefox Add it if it's not working without it. Sepia 5 5 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges. In my case the issue was resolved by also including prof. Bjc Bjc 73 6 6 bronze badges.

Daniel Butler Daniel Butler 2, 1 1 gold badge 14 14 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges. Err, according to JRodDynamite's answer: opts. Sunny Sunny 57 8 8 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Who owns this outage? Building intelligent escalation chains for modern SRE. Firefox had this problem before and it was an incompatible plug in with not solution other than disable the plug in and download every pdf file to see the document.

Hi there. Can I ask what computers you are using? If you are using a Mac then this problem can be easily resolved. Hope it helps :. I guess you can't see my troubleshooting info? There is also information about what system I use next to my initial post. As of recently, my guess is since version When I check the link to the file in Chrome, Safari etc, then the file is displayed just fine, so I am guessing it is something in Firefox.

But since it is not only on my computer this issue happens, then I guess it could be something in Firefox. I use macbook OS X Hi Cor-el. Thanks for the tip. Disabling the Adobe plugin in plugin tools worked. I hardly ever use Adobe and always use Preview if possible. However, having to change these settings, to me, seems like a bug in Firefox. None of the other main browsers are not affected by the Adobe plugin.