Need to control the file download dialog box in Mozilla Firefox

Question

Is there an API that will let me control the file download dialog that pops-up in Mozilla Firefox? I also want to know if "privileged mode" is good enough to control the same interface with Chrome?

Answer 1

Well for Firefox, there is something called Browser profilling. This helps you pre-control download prompts which pops-up.

The below code can be used to set preferences. 

// To prevent download dialog
profile = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
profile.set_preference('browser.download.folderList', 2)  // custom location of profile
profile.set_preference('browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting', False)   // Prevents popup
profile.set_preference('browser.download.dir', '/tmp')   // directory to save the downloads
profile.set_preference('browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk', 'text/csv')   // for probably saving other logs