Phantomjs downloading file

Though downloading files through PhantomJS might be difficult, but we can use PhantomJS to get us to download links and fetch all needed cookies such as CSRF Cross-site-request-forgery tokens and so on. And then we can use requests to download it like this:. And now in response. We can then write in the file using open method or perform other tasks which we want to like writing by automation testing.

I am new in automation testing; hence, it is very helpful. Back Blog. It gives you the ability to create fast scripts using its javascript API to automate a bunch of cool things like: Headless website testing — this allows you to run functional tests using frameworks like Jasmine and WebDriver Screen Capture — quickly grabs a web page and saves as a screenshot Page Automation — PhantomJS has the ability to load and manipulate web pages.

Network Monitoring — This is really useful to analyze your network behavior and application performance I'm just diving into what can be done, but it looks very promising and fun! HTTP responses i. Two new callbacks for the WebPage: 1 onFileDownloadError - invokes when error has been occurred while downloading a file 2 onFileDownload - invokes when a web servers' response includes a "Content-Disposition" header with the "attachment" directive.

How it looks in action: webpage. Comments, thoughts, ideas? Thanks, Vitaliy. Vasiliy P. Thanks for the new feature, it sounds good. Is there any way to read more information about the file inside the callback?

For instance, file's size using 'Content-Length' header, mime type and such. Hi Vasiliy, Could you describe what kind of information would be useful for you?

Regards, Vitaliy. Vasiliy P wrote:. Will that be a feasible possibility with the current. Two new callbacks for the WebPage: 1 onFileDownloadError - invokes when error has been occurred while downloading a file 2 onFileDownload - invokes when a web servers' response.

What happens if a download is triggered but this callback is not setup? Yes, PhantomJS will ignore all download requests. James Greene wrote:. Project description Project details Release history Download files Project description PhantomJS wrapper in Python Pre requisites phantomjs: phantomjs command line tool.

Project details Project links Homepage. Download files Download the file for your platform. Files for phantomjs, version 1. Close Hashes for phantomjs File type Source. How does PhantomJS works. Imagine a simple web browser like Google Chrome, ready?

GhostDriver is designed to be integral part of PhantomJS itself, but it's developed in isolation and progress is trackedby this Repository. Because of latest stable GhostDriver being embedded in PhantomJS,you shouldn't need anything else to get started. Here is the JavaDoc. Bindings for other languages C , Python, Ruby, Once started, you can use any RemoteWebDriver implementation to send commands to it.

GhostDriver pushed the evolution of PhantomJS from the start.