Stop wasting hours of your precious time manually clicking away to download files. With an Axiom template, you can automate the process simply and quickly without any coding experience! Make migrating sites or doing research a breeze by letting Axiom do all the work for you.
# Quick start guide
- Go to page, Enter URL - the page you want to download the files from.
- Download Files - Click 'Select' to choose the files to download. Folder - Set a folder to download into, then set a filename.
- Click run and test. Stop the bot after one loop to check the file is in the folder you set.
Need help getting the download template working? contact support or read on to learn how each step is set up.
# Set up the 'Interact with a page's interface' step
- Go to page, Enter URL - the page you want to download the files from.
- Download Files - Click 'Select' to choose the files to download
- Folder - Set a folder to download into (please note currently only one new folder can be created at a time)
- File Name - Enter a name to save the files as. This will be appended with a number e.g. "example" would become "example1.jpg", "example2.jpg" and so on
# How to customise the Download Axiom
Customize your Axiom download template with added steps and substeps to boost automation! For example, the Interact step has special sub-steps that automate actions such as clicks or entering text. Just click on the '+' icons to see which Steps you can add - it's never been easier!
# Test run your download automation
We always recommend doing a test run - check the files are downloaded to the selected folder?
# Troubleshooting the file download axiom
- Files open in a browser window - Try setting the Force download option in the step. See below!
- Files not downloading - Check the folder write permissions on your computer.
# Files that do not download and always open another window
For example, sometimes a pdf opens in a new window. This is a default browser behavior. We cannot override it, but there is a workaround. You can create a Chrome Profile and change the default behaviour for the profile.
- Create a chrome profile - See how.
- In that profile set the download behaviour of the browser - See how. (opens new window)