python - Selenium give file name when downloading

Question

I am working with a selenium script where I am trying to download a Excel file and give it a specific name. This is my code:

Is there anyway that I can give the file being downloaded a specific name ?

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.firefox.firefox_profile import FirefoxProfile

profile = FirefoxProfile()
profile.set_preference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "text/plain, application/vnd.ms-excel, text/csv, text/comma-separated-values, application/octet-stream")
profile.set_preference("browser.download.dir", "C:\Downloads" )
browser = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=profile)

browser.get('https://test.com/')
browser.find_element_by_partial_link_text("Excel").click() # Download file

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34548041/selenium-give-file-name-when-downloading

Answer 1

You cannot specify name of download file through selenium. However, you can download the file, find the latest file in the downloaded folder, and rename as you want.

Note: borrowed methods from google searches may have errors. but you get the idea.

import os
import shutil
filename = max([Initial_path + "\" + f for f in os.listdir(Initial_path)],key=os.path.getctime)
shutil.move(filename,os.path.join(Initial_path,r"newfilename.ext"))