How to download XML files avoiding the popup This type of file may harm your computer through ChromeDriver and Chrome using Selenium in Python

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Some more information about webpage from where you are trying to download the xml file might have been helpful to debug the issue of the popup with text as “This type of file may harm your computer in a better way.

However here is a sample program to download xml file from this webpage:

  • Code Block:

    from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

prefs = {
'download.default_directory': 'C:/Utility/Downloads/',
'download.prompt_for_download': False,
'download.extensions_to_open': 'xml',
'safebrowsing.enabled': True
}
options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_experimental_option('prefs',prefs)
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
# options.add_argument("disable-infobars")
options.add_argument("--disable-extensions")
options.add_argument("--safebrowsing-disable-download-protection")
options.add_argument("safebrowsing-disable-extension-blacklist")
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\Utility\BrowserDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get("http://www.landxmlproject.org/file-cabinet")
WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//span[text()='MntnRoad.xml']//following::span[1]//a[text()='Download']"))).click()

  • Browser Snapshot:

xml_download

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