File Handling (Downloads & Uploads)
Browser Swarm provides robust capabilities for automating file downloads and uploads within your browser sessions. Whether you're scraping data, testing file uploads, or automating workflows, our platform ensures seamless file handling.
📥 Handling Downloads
🔧 Triggering Downloads
To initiate a file download within a browser session:
Create a browser session using the SDK or API.
Connect to the session using your preferred automation framework (e.g., Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium).
Configure the download behavior to allow file downloads.
Perform the download action within your automation script.
Here's an example using Playwright in Node.js:
📦 Retrieving Downloaded Files
After triggering downloads, you can retrieve the files using the Session Downloads API. The files are returned as a ZIP archive.
Here's how to retrieve downloads using Node.js:
📤 Handling Uploads
Uploading files is straightforward with Browser Swarm. You can simulate file uploads by setting the file input's value in your automation script.
Here's an example using Playwright in Node.js:
Ensure that the file path provided to setInputFiles
is accessible from the environment where your automation script is running.
💡 Best Practices
Download Management: Always set the download behavior to ensure files are saved correctly during automation.
Upload File Paths: Use absolute paths for files to avoid issues with relative paths, especially in CI/CD environments.
Error Handling: Implement retry logic when retrieving downloads to handle any delays in file availability.
Security: Validate and sanitize file inputs to prevent potential security vulnerabilities during uploads.
By leveraging Browser Swarm's file handling capabilities, you can automate complex workflows involving file downloads and uploads with ease and reliability.
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