Cannot locate element by Xpath for chrome download page

Question

I am trying to write code to check download is completed by selenium and chrome driver. My idea is

1.Go to download page("chrome://downloads/")

2.Check the url to ensure we have downloaded file from that site (locate http://xxxxxxxx)

3.Check download status( If I found "show in folder", it implies download success. if not, download failed)

I am stucking in step2, when I try to locate the url. I used developer tools, move cursor to the url to locate the element,and then I right click and copy the xpath. The xpath is like this

          //*[@id="file-link"]

And then I try to click ctrl+F in developer tool and paste the xpath again. I cannot locate the element. Why? Checked there is no frame.

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ewwink · Answer 1 · 2018-12-03T05:27:56.423

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It shadow DOM and need to select /deep/ using CSS selector

downloads-manager/deep/downloads-item/deep/a[id="file-link"]

edited Dec 03 '18 at 05:27

answered Dec 03 '18 at 04:15

ewwink

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Thanks @ewwink, for learning purpose, can we locate it by Xpath? – sgsdgdsgsd Dec 03 '18 at 07:41
AFAIK cannot using Xpath. – ewwink Dec 03 '18 at 09:35

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '18 at 10:24

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Another way of doing this could be writing a small Java utility for the same using File Class. Something like this:

 File f = new File("C:\\Users\\username\\Downloads\\Users_" + fielName+ ".xls");
    Assert.assertTrue(f.exists());

answered Dec 03 '18 at 10:24

Neha

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Thanks. This is a better solution for my task! – sgsdgdsgsd Jun 20 '19 at 01:54

Cannot locate element by Xpath for chrome download page

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