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 by [Mazen Ramadan](https://scrapfly.io/blog/author/mazen) Sep 28, 2022 1 min read [\#puppeteer](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/puppeteer) 

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To download files with Puppteer we can either the browser's `fetch` feature - which will download the file into a javascript variable - or find and click the download button which will download the file to the browser's save directory:

javascript```javascript
// start puppeteer
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: false });
const page = await browser.newPage();

// go to url
await page.goto("https://httpbin.dev/");

// download file to a javascript variable:
const csvFile = await page.evaluate(() =>
{
// find the url:
    const url = document.querySelector('.download-button').getAttribute('href');
    // download it using javacript fetch:
    return fetch(url, {
        method: 'GET',
        credentials: 'include'
    }).then(r => r.text());
});
```



Alternatively, we can click the download button using `page.click()` command:

javascript```javascript
// start puppeteer
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: false });
const page = await browser.newPage();

// set default download directory:
const path = require('path');
await page._client.send('Page.setDownloadBehavior', {
    behavior: 'allow',
    downloadPath: path.resolve('./downloads'), 
});

// go to url
await page.goto("https://httpbin.dev/");
// click on download link
await page.click('.download-button');
```





 

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