Python: 3.9.9
Selenium: 4.1.5
Edge: 101.0.1210.39 (X64) driver link

I am trying to automate downloading excel file from a website, but due to Edge's default setting of open office files in browser set to True, on pressing download button with selenium it redirects to Edge file viewer instead of downloading it.
Since I want to automate the process I don't want to manually go to settings and disable it every time.

Any work arounds will be appreciated too...
Thank you!

CodePudding user response：

This is what worked for me:

from pathlib import Path
from selenium import webdriver

if Path('..\msedgedriver.exe').exists():
    driver = webdriver.Edge('..\msedgedriver.exe')

    # Settings
    driver.get('edge://settings/downloads')
    toggle = driver.execute_script('''
            return document.querySelector(' input[aria-label="Open Office files in 
    the browser"]');
    ''')
    toggle.click()

# continue...

similarly you can change any setting as per required.