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Downloading files with Browser library

I have been trying to download .xlsx or .pdf files with Robot framework while using Browser Library. Every time browser downloads something the file name is just a bunch of random values.

example: be3a051f-c533-4sac-b252-742d415b5e48

I have tried this keyword https://marketsquare.github.io/robotframework-browser/Browser.html#Download and just a basic "Click" on the file name but every time the file just gets saved as a example above, and the file doesn't include anything useful. examples of the "code" used to click the file on browser

Click  text=${file_name}
Download   text=${file_name}

Is there something else i am missing which needs to be set to directly get the excel.xlsx file to download to a desired place? I got "acceptDownloads" and "downloadsPath" set.

Thanks in advance

Solution 
  • ${dl_promise}    Promise To Wait For Download    saveAs=D:\\Preview.zip
Click    //*[text()='Export CSV']
${file_obj}=    Wait For  ${dl_promise}