How to download a file with browser suggested filename

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Hello,

While I would need that all downloads are saved with browser suggested filename rather than custom name or random guid, I noticed this is not possible with current Wait For Download implementation. What I mean is, when I download manually a file from the application I get the same file name and extension all the time, while when downloading with Browser library, there is a guid name with no extension for the downloaded file.

This need is similar with this issue: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/2058

Maybe this will be implemented at some point in Browser library, however in the meantime I assume I could use a custom jsextension for this, but unfortunately this is not so easy without JS knowledge.

Could you suggest how to implement such keyword extension for download with the suggested filename?

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It turns out that it is easy to extend the Browser library with a new keyword, e.g. for adding some missing functionality already available in Playwright. This is very cool.

In case anyone is interested, here is the sample code I am proposing, for creating a custom keyword in Javascript named “Wait For Download With Filename” that will return also the suggested browser filename, and then use it to rename the downloaded file.

https://github.com/adrian-evo/robotframework-browser-extension

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That is nice.

But a pull request to the Browser project is also nice. Or first an issue. :wink:

We are always open to good ideas!

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