Downloading PDF document in Chrome using VBA Selenium - excel

Question

I currently need to download multiple PDF files from a specific website.
Once I reach to this point the usual action is to click on the save button or to type "CTRL + S"
Click on Save button
I retrieved this on this post of IE Automation
But I'm trying to excecute the download action with the following code:
bot.SendKeys Keys.Control, "s"
And is not working.
How can I make this work on Chrome?
Thanks,

Answer 1

You could use this to download the pdfs.
Dim PDF_URL as string
#If VBA7 Then
Private Declare PtrSafe Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" ( _
ByVal pCaller As LongPtr, _
ByVal szURL As String, _
ByVal szFileName As String, _
ByVal dwReserved As LongPtr, _
ByVal lpfnCB As LongPtr) As LongPtr
#Else
Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" ( _
ByVal pCaller As Long, _
ByVal szURL As String, _
ByVal szFileName As String, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long
#End If
Private Sub File_Download()
Dim FileURL As String
Dim DestinationFile As String
FileURL = PDF_URL
DestinationFile = "C:\PDFs\PDFName.pdf"
If URLDownloadToFile(0, FileURL, DestinationFile, 0, 0) = 0 Then
Debug.Print "File downloaded started"
Else
Debug.Print "File downloaded not started"
End If
End Sub
Private Sub GetURL
PDF_URL = Chrome_Driver.FindElementById("EleID").Attribute("src")
File_Download
end sub

Answer 2

There are a ton of websites that may not allow bots. You should go to the website's /robots.txt to see if there are any restrictions on bots pulling the content you are trying to grab. These sections will show "disallow" anything bots are forbidden to access.
example: google/robots.txt
Yes, websites can even tell if you are using Selenium.