Download file button click powershell

 · Here, you’re using the findElements method to get all elements with the link text “DOWNLOAD SAMPLE DOC FILE.” There are six buttons with that text on the page, but the one you want is the first one. The findElements method returns a list. Since you want the first element, use the get method to grab the first item on that list.. Finally, click on the button.  · To trigger a file download on a button click we will use a custom function or HTML 5 download attribute. Approach 1: Using Download attribute The download attribute simply uses an anchor tag to prepare the location of the file that needs to be downloaded. I have a web page where there is a button called "Download Excel" - once we click on this button, this will download the excel. This is working fine from the web page UI, the same functionality we want to automate, so we are trying to achieve through powershell using the below code.

Thanks it works now, and I think I understand, its been a while since I used PowerShell. 0 This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting. Here, you're using the findElements method to get all elements with the link text "DOWNLOAD SAMPLE DOC FILE." There are six buttons with that text on the page, but the one you want is the first one. The findElements method returns a list. Since you want the first element, use the get method to grab the first item on that list.. Finally, click on the button. If you can do it with that tool then why look at PowerShell. In the end we cannot much help without access to the website you are trying to access. As I pointed out, many websites cannot do this because they use methods that cannot ne accessed by firing a click event. If it can be done only you can discover toe method used on the web page.

If you can do it with that tool then why look at PowerShell. In the end we cannot much help without access to the website you are trying to access. As I pointed out, many websites cannot do this because they use methods that cannot ne accessed by firing a click event. If it can be done only you can discover toe method used on the web page. I have a web page where there is a button called "Download Excel" - once we click on this button, this will download the excel. This is working fine from the web page UI, the same functionality we want to automate, so we are trying to achieve through powershell using the below code. If you are working in a hybrid IT environment, you often need to download or upload files from or to the cloud in your PowerShell scripts. If you only use Windows servers that communicate through the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol, you can simply use the Copy-Item cmdlet to copy the file from a network share.