How to upload multiple files to Chrome with Capybara / Selenium?

Question

I am using Capybara with Chrome and Selenium. When I try to click a link that causes an automatic download, the file loads correctly. If I try to do this again, Chrome will display a message: "This site is trying to upload multiple files. Do you want to allow this?"

I was looking for a flag that could be used to disable this message, but could not find anything. Is there a way around this message and allowing multiple downloads without having to resort to refreshing the page? (For example, is there a way I can click the Allow button programmatically?)

Answer 1

Please see my work here:

https://code.google.com/p/chromedriver/issues/detail?id=130#c12

Answer 2

Use Chrome Options

WebDriver driver = null; ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions(); Map<String, Object> prefs = new HashMap<String, Object>(); prefs.put("profile.default_content_settings.popups", 0); prefs.put("profile.content_settings.pattern_pairs.*.multiple-automatic-downloads", 1 ); //Turns off download prompt prefs.put("download.prompt_for_download", false); options.setExperimentalOption("prefs", prefs); driver = new ChromeDriver(options); 

Answer 3

If there is no better solution, you can get the item and click on it.

 driver.findElement(By.xpath("xpath")).click();