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Q&A Download a PDF file in Playwright instead of opening it in a new tab when clicking on its link

This is as much as I was able to shorten it (it downloads all the visible links with \nTitle in their text): import { chromium } from 'playwright'; (async () => { const browser = await chro...

posted 3mo ago by Elefy‭ · edited 3mo ago by Elefy‭

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Elefy‭ · 2026-06-26T06:11:44Z (3 months ago)

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~~This is as much as I was able to shorten it (in downloads all the visible links with `\nTitle` in their text):~~
```ts
import { chromium } from 'playwright';
(async () => {
const browser = await chromium.launch();
const context = await browser.newContext({ storageState: 'loggedInState.json'});
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto(mylink);
const visibleLinksLocator = page.locator('a:visible');
const linkTexts: string[] = await visibleLinksLocator.allInnerTexts();
const filteredTexts = linkTexts.filter(linkText => linkText.includes("\nFile"));
for (const text of filteredTexts) {
const downloadPromise = page.waitForEvent('download');
await page.getByText(text).click();
const download = await downloadPromise;
const fileName = download.suggestedFilename();
await download.saveAs(`./downloads/${fileName}`);
}
await browser.close();
})();
```

This is as much as I was able to shorten it (it downloads all the visible links with `\nTitle` in their text):
```ts
import { chromium } from 'playwright';
(async () => {
const browser = await chromium.launch();
const context = await browser.newContext({ storageState: 'loggedInState.json'});
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto(mylink);
const visibleLinksLocator = page.locator('a:visible');
const linkTexts: string[] = await visibleLinksLocator.allInnerTexts();
const filteredTexts = linkTexts.filter(linkText => linkText.includes("\nFile"));
for (const text of filteredTexts) {
const downloadPromise = page.waitForEvent('download');
await page.getByText(text).click();
const download = await downloadPromise;
const fileName = download.suggestedFilename();
await download.saveAs(`./downloads/${fileName}`);
}
await browser.close();
})();
```

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Elefy‭ · 2026-06-26T05:49:28Z (3 months ago)

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This is as much as I was able to shorten it (in downloads all the visible links with `\nTitle` in their text):
```ts
import { chromium } from 'playwright';
(async () => {
  const browser = await chromium.launch();
  const context = await browser.newContext({ storageState: 'loggedInState.json'});
  const page = await context.newPage();
  await page.goto(mylink);
  const visibleLinksLocator = page.locator('a:visible');
  const linkTexts: string[] = await visibleLinksLocator.allInnerTexts();
  const filteredTexts = linkTexts.filter(linkText => linkText.includes("\nFile"));
  for (const text of filteredTexts) {
    const downloadPromise = page.waitForEvent('download');
    await page.getByText(text).click();
    const download = await downloadPromise;
    const fileName = download.suggestedFilename();
    await download.saveAs(`./downloads/${fileName}`);
  }
  await browser.close();
})();
```

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