[FIXED] python selenium, find out when a download has completed?

Issue

I've used selenium to initiate a download. After the download is complete, certain actions need to be taken, is there any simple method to find out when a download has complete? (I am using the FireFox driver)

Solution

There is no built-in to selenium way to wait for the download to be completed.

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The general idea here would be to wait until a file would appear in your "Downloads" directory.

This might either be achieved by looping over and over again checking for file existence:

• Check and wait until a file exists to read it

Or, by using things like watchdog to monitor a directory:

• How to watch a directory for changes?
• Monitoring contents of files/directories?

Answered By - alecxe