Set Firefox profile to download files automatically using Selenium and Java

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Just like @Jason suggested, it’s most probably another mime type.
To get the mime type:

  • Open Developer Tools
  • Go to Network
  • Click on the link to download the pdf
  • In the network panel, select the first request
  • The mime type is the Content-Type from the response header:

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Then to download a PDF with Firefox:

FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();
options.setPreference("browser.download.folderList", 2);
options.setPreference("browser.download.dir", "C:\\Windows\\temp");
options.setPreference("browser.download.useDownloadDir", true);
options.setPreference("browser.download.viewableInternally.enabledTypes", "");
options.setPreference("browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk", "application/pdf;text/plain;application/text;text/xml;application/xml");
options.setPreference("pdfjs.disabled", true);  // disable the built-in PDF viewer

WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver(options);
driver.get("https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/documents");
driver.findElement(By.linkText("IRS Form 872-C")).click();

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