[BUG] download file not occurs

[yael118]

Context:

• Playwright Version: [v1.5.1]
• Operating System: [Windows]
• Node.js version: [v12.18.4]
• Browser: [Chromium]

Hi,
after updating to the new playwright version- downloading not really occurs.
using waitForEvent('download') is passing
but the file not really was downloaded

Code Snippet

const os= require('os');
const fs =require('fs')
let userName = os.userInfo().username;
const {chromium, webkit, firefox} = require('playwright');

(async () => {
  const browser = await chromium.launch();
        const context = await browser.newContext();
        const page = await context.newPage();
        await page.goto('https://upbeat-nightingale-6e32da.netlify.app/download');
        await page.click('a');
   
        await page.waitForEvent('download');
        await fs.unlinkSync(`C:\\Users\\${userName}\\Downloads\\Archive.zip`)

})();

Describe the bug
result:
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink 'C:\Users\david\Downloads\Archive.zip'

function waitForEvent('download')- succeeded
but it doesn't really happen

[pavelfeldman]

You snippet does not enable downloads and does not obtain the downloaded path, so it should not work. Please follow this doc.

[yael118]

Thanks for the quick response!!

I fixed the code and it does work.
But I wanted to ask - is there a way to get the file to download to the folder I want on my PC

[arjunattam]

Hi @yael118, you can use downloadsPath to specify the download directory.

const browser = await chromium.launch({ downloadsPath: './temp-dir-for-downloads/' });

I'll close this issue. Feel to comment/create new issue if we are missing anything.

[yael118]

Thank you all
Keep up the good work