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ChromeDriver ​

Download and move it to user's PATH.

shell
curl https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.45/chromedriver_linux64.zip > chromedriver_linux64.zip
unzip chromedriver_linux64.zip
mv chromedriver ~/bin/chromedriver

Options ​

python
from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--headless')
options.add_argument('--disable-infobars')
options.add_argument('--disable-extensions')
options.add_argument('--window-position=0,0')
options.add_argument('--window-size=1280,920')

browser = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Download file ​

When opening browser normally:

python
options.add_experimental_option('prefs', {
    'download.default_directory': download_dir
})

When using the --headless argument:

python
browser.command_executor._commands['send_command'] = (
    'POST',
    '/session/$sessionId/chromium/send_command'
)
browser.execute('send_command', {
    'cmd': 'Page.setDownloadBehavior',
    'params': {'behavior': 'allow', 'downloadPath': download_dir}
})